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Crs fail to ban dogs Steve Spencer

A bid to ban pet dogs at the massive Kings Forest housing development to prevent the extinction of a nearby koala colony has failed, with Tweed councillors voting instead for a raft of watered-down dog-control measures in the soon to be approved mini-city.

Ways and means of controlling dogs in the estate dominated discussion during a marathon debate on Tuesday to finalise council’s submission on the future community of 4,500 new homes, before it is approved by the state government. The packed public gallery which overflowed outside, one of the biggest ever to attend a council meeting, expressed their disappointment at the outcome.

More than 15,000 people will eventually live in Kings Forest, to be built on some of the shire’s best koala habitat, just northwest of Cabarita.

The development is being carried

out by Leda Developments, headed by billionaire Bob Ell. The company recently also won state approval for its 5,500-home Cobaki estate in the north of the shire.

The crowded public gallery regularly applauded councillors pushing for koala-saving amendments. Crs Dot Holdom and Katie Milne led the bid to exclude dogs from the estate but they didn’t have the numbers.

Fences and gates Councillors finally agreed to request that Kings Forest residents be forced to keep their dogs behind high fences and self-locking gates (see story below).

They also want residents to pay higher rates to fund council dog patrols and for the planning department to consider banning breeds that are aggressive, can dig under fences or develop a ‘pack mentality’.

But they backed away from limiting

the number of pooches per property and size of dogs at Kings Forest to under seven kilograms, or forcing owners to tether dogs on two-metre leads overnight to stop them savaging the naturally-roaming koalas.

It is feared many of the dwindling marsupials will return to their old feed trees, even if they have since been fenced in yards containing dogs.

A bid to have dogs banned from the eastern half of the estate also failed.

Cr Holdom warned that Kings Forest would forever change the Tweed Coast, and as chairman of the Tweed Coast Koala Advisory Group she would continue to ‘fight the war’ to save the koala colony.

Council planners still have concerns about the number and close proximity of three proposed roads intersecting with the Tweed Coast Road.

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State govt asked to approve koala measures After shying away from a complete ban on dogs in order to save the Tweed Coast’s koala population, Tweed councillors have asked the state government to consider seven amendments before giving approval to the new Kings Forest development.

The most controversial one is the first, to remove from council’s submission a recommendation for a complete ban on dogs.

The second one is to advise the planning department of concerns, as identified in the developer’s koala plan of management, to ensure the continued healthy existence of koalas and consideration of the threat of dogs.

The third is that all dogs must be

enclosed in fully fenced and selfclosing gated yards.

The fourth is provision be made to enable additional patrols and compliance by council rangers to police the restrictions by a sinking fund, provided by the developer, and a different rate be paid by future owners (who own a dog) at Kings Forest, in perpetuity.

The fifth asks the department to source a list of dogs that are historically known to be aggressive, predatory by nature and/or have a propensity to dig and tunnel or develop a ‘pack mentality’, and that those breeds form a list of banned dogs at Kings Forest.

The sixth is that the department

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gives ‘serious consideration to the fact that an application has been made to list the Tweed Coast koala population as endangered and that the council’s draft plan of management is due to be placed before the Tweed Coast Advisory Group shortly and the Australian Federal Parliament Senate Report on Koalas is due for release shortly’.

The final amendment asks that all swimming pools and surrounding fencing must be designed in such a way that ‘should any koala accidentally fall into a pool, provisions are there for a koala to remove itself by way of steps, ropes and the like, as it is a fact that koalas do fall from trees into swimming pools’.

Heading in a new direction Luis Feliu

This issue is the final print edition of the Tweed Shire Echo, marking the 172nd week the paper has covered local issues in depth and given communities across Tweed shire a muchneeded voice in their campaigns to stop inappropriate development.

We will of course continue this tradition on the web and keep you informed on all the big issues that count in our Echonetdaily, and we encourage those not already registered to do so. It’s free and gives you not just Tweed news but a snapshot of all the main news and issues in the Northern Rivers region, around the nation and the globe, with the added feature of video stories.

When we launched the Tweed Echo in August 2008, we were surprised to take the lion’s share of the shire’s read-

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ership so quickly, what with such a saturated newspaper market. But with four existing weeklies giving readers much the same stories, it was hard sometimes to tell them apart – which is never a problem with The Echo!

It was a calculated risk but we certainly punched above our weight and gave the community an important platform. Thousands of readers welcomed and trusted us and our fresh, fearless, independent, balanced and well-researched coverage of issues close to their hearts.

Some of the issues that come to mind which we have reported on widely and thoroughly in order to accomplish better outcomes include the world motor rally, water supply and the Byrrill Creek dam, the development control plan for Hastings Point, protecting prime agricultural land at Cudgen, the Cabarita Beach South continued on page 2

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The quality of the international, national and local artists has made the event one of the most prestigious classical music festivals in Australia.

Started by musicians Carmel Kaine and John Willison in 1991, the festival has grown in stature every year. During the four terms of the NSW Labor government the festival received an annual contribution of up to $10,000, making it possible to pay fees for top-line performers.

But now the festival organisers, who mainly work on a voluntary basis, have been informed that there will be no state funding for this 2012 festival, placing an enormous, unexpected financial burden on the event. Local supporters are now rallying to make sure the September festival stays on track and remains a great success.

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The funding blow has been delivered by Barry O’Farrell’s coalition government. The arts minister is George Souris, a National from the Upper Hunter, and the three local MPs – Geoff Provest (Tweed), Thomas George (Lismore) and Don Page (Ballina) – are all Nationals.

Sydney philistines In his defence, Thomas George wrote a letter in support of the festival’s appeal for funding but there is little doubt that the National Party philistines in Sydney are behind this cruel attack on the regional arts. It runs completely counter to the longstanding support of local Nationals such as Doug Anthony, the former deputy prime min-

ister and Country Party leader, and his wife, Margot.

Under Neville Wran and during the early years of Bob Carr’s premiership, the regional arts were given critical seed money to foster the visual and performing arts. But in Labor’s final years, bush funding was slashed to the bone as metropolitan Labor MPs in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, robbed all the available arts funding to protect their shaky hold on seats. (It didn’t work: they lost.)

The coalition came to office last March with a promise to reverse this trend and restore support to regional and rural arts. (That was the promise of shadow arts minister Anthony Roberts).

Now in government, and with Roberts shifted to the fair trading portfolio, the coalition has been sandbagged by the Sydney arts establishment: it is gutting the bush of funds to suck up to the North Shore, the Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta and Mcmansion suburbs in Sydney’s north west, the areas of new Liberal electoral conquests.

Parramatta this year received a cool $500,000 in funding for the new local arm of the Sydney Festival. Good on Parramatta which is a bustling metropolis in dire need of culture, but what about Tyalgum?

The $10,000 taken from the Tyalgum Festival is chickenfeed; its electoral cost to the Nationals and Liberals will be counted in 2016.

Australia Day celebrations washed out Heavy rain and flooding has forced the cancellation of all official Tweed Australia Day celebrations today, Thursday.

A Tweed Shire Council spokesperson said events at Tyalgum, Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Cabarita, Pottsville, Murwillumbah, Uki, Tumbulgum and Burringbar had been cancelled due to the extreme weather.

Many local roads have been cut and phone lines disrupted.

Police have urged locals not to take risks by crossing flooded roads.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a flood warning yesterday morning for the Tweed River at Murwillumbah and Chinderah, with the peaks expected around 3pm yesterday.

Tweed Shire Citizen of the Year Doreen Welsh of Tweed Heads South at home this week. Doreen is being recognised for her community leadership and the tireless effort she has put into coordinating the Twin Towns Friends Association that she founded in 1977 to address loneliness and isolation of older people in our community. Photo Jeff Dawson

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and park lands and the cost of their upkeep is also yet to be sorted out, along with a lack of detail of the environmental plan and the discharge of stormwater into Blacks Creek in the nearby Cudgen Nature Reserve, which was extensively illegally cleared last year and the state government has implicated the developer as the culprit, although Leda says it was accidental.

Council planners also opposed plans to have two separate sporting fields instead of one large complex in the new suburb.

Only about 145 koalas now survive in three colonies east of the Tweed River, according to recent wildlife surveys, many of them on the King Forest development site and the adjoining nature reserve.

About 80 people attended a recent protest rally at the site entrance to harness opposition against the scale of the project.

The NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure will consider the council recommendations before granting

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approval, expected sometime this year. Public submissions closed yesterday.

Team Koala president Jenny Hayes said afterwards she was extremely disappointed councillors didn’t follow planners’ recommendation for a total ban on dogs.

‘Koalas don’t stand a chance now, the community wanted koalas to be given every chance to survive, they’re in the process of being listed as endangered, so I’m sad and very disapponted those five councillors have totally ignored the community,’ she said.

Ms Hayes singled out Cr Joan van Lieshout for special criticism because ‘for two years she spouted that she cared about koalas and how Team Koala had done such a good job in educating the public about their plight, then she doesn’t even vote for one amendment which could have given them some level of protection’.

‘Then we see her husband on the front page of a local newspaper this week pushing for dogs to be allowed there, I’m very, very upset,’ she said.

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caravan-park proposal, the waterway at Chinderah which was doomed to be concreted over for an industrial development, the Noble Lakeside Park expansion plan which residents opposed, the Nightcap Village development at Kunghur, and last but not least, the Kings Forest and Cobaki developments and koala protection.

As we’ve said before, without the Tweed Echo those who want to impose social, economic and environmental destruction on us for their own gain would have an easy ride.

They wouldn’t be investigated by the soft-story weeklies, or by the corporate media which is owned by, or allied to, the big money that causes most of the damage.

But we will step up our coverage online and continue to look behind the webs of influence and interest in local and state government and of course to reflect the lighter side of Tweed life.

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Cr Milne booted from selection panel Albert Elzinga

Tweed Shire Cr Katie Milne has been thrown off the selection panel choosing a replacement for retiring general manager Mike Rayner after what she says was an ‘innocent’ comment she made to the Tweed Echo last week Tweed Shire councillors on Tuesday voted 6–1 to remove the Greens councillor from the selection panel, which includes all seven councillors, because of her comments to The Echo about the job.

Cr Milne (pictured) said in an interview with The Echo that ‘it would be wonderful to see a female general manager get the top job, but an applicant

with environmental credentials would be even better.’

Mayor Barry Longland, who led the push to remove her, said Cr Milne’s ‘bias’ called into the question the ‘integrity of the selection process’ and left

council open to criticism.

He said her removal was not an action he suggested lightly, but the appointment should be made ‘totally on merit and gender should not be a factor’.

Cr Longland said he accepted Cr Milne did not intend to corrupt the process but could not understand why she made such statements.

‘These things have consequences’, Cr Longland said.

‘It would be totally unacceptable for me to say I preferred a white male as general manager.’

But Cr Milne said the comment was made in light of the fact no senior council roles were held by women and she would, all things being equal, prefer to see more women in

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senior positions. She added she would never want to see a less qualified person in charge simply because she was woman.

She said there were unusual reasons given for excluding some of the applicants but was abruptly cut short by the mayor who warned her about revealing confidential information.

However, The Echo can reveal the mayor himself tipped off a journalist the previous day about his motion to expel her from the panel, which the public were not made aware of until he moved it.

Cr Milne will still be able to vote on the appointment when all councillors are asked to ratify their choice of candidate.

A former Byron shire councillor has warned Tweed councillors they would be ‘grossly irresponsible’ if they chose either of two candidates being considered as a replacement for shire general manager Mike Rayner.

The Echo revealed last week that two former general managers of other NSW councils who had applied for the Tweed GM’s job both had been mired in much controversy in their former roles.

One is Max Eastcott, the former Byron Council GM who was attacked in parliament by former North Coast MLC Ian Cohen for ‘having driven that council into financial penury and administrative mayhem’ in his three short years in the role in the 1990s

and ‘squandering the council assets in a completely reckless fashion’. In October last year, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced that it was looking into Gwydir Shire Council, where Mr Eastcott is now GM, for posssible corruption.

The other contender is believed to be Rod Oxley, who ran Wollongong Council during the years of corruption that led to a notorious scandal and its sacking by the state government. ICAC had ruled that Mr Oxley’s conduct was liable to ‘allow, encourage or cause the occurrence of corrupt conduct’, but no charges were recommended against him.

John Anderson, also known as Fast Buck$, a Byron shire councillor in the late 1990s, told Tweed councillors last week that if either Mr Eastcott

or Mr Oxley were shortlisted candidates for the GM job ‘you’d want to be asking some serious questions about your management consultants and who chose them’.

Mr Anderson, who titled his speech ‘good governance’, talked about Mr Eastcott’s administration of Byron council when it ‘posted a $7 million deficit’, while in his speech about Mr Oxley, he said: ‘Now supposing one of your applicants came from Wollongong council, a GM named Rod Oxley from there spent quite a bit of time on TV and in the papers saying he knew nothing of what was going on in his planning department, the table of power, the special deals, the sexual liaisons; would you want to hire someone who doesn’t know what’s going on in his organisation? I don’t think so.’

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In an extraordinary exchange during Mr Anderson’s speech, an angry mayor Barry Longland tried to cut him off several times, saying he was ‘speculating’ on the applicants and threatened to call security to remove him.

Undeterred, Mr Anderson fired back saying he was not speculating and that the mayor was trying to ‘intimidate’ him.

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A SINCERE THANK YOU A sincere ‘thank you’ from the Tweed Greens to the publisher and all the staff at the Tweed Shire Echo for your commitment to quality and independent journalism in our shire. In this last print edition, we acknowledge and applaud the role the Echo plays in covering real local issues.

PCYC to showcase its range of facilities

We know that cyberspace is the future for journalism. Likewise, the Greens look to the future of politics in Tweed, NSW and Australia. Like the Echo we are not owned or influenced by media magnates, mining corporations, or developers. The uncertain future demands integrity and energy, core strengths of the Echo and the Tweed Greens.

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Just as Tweed needs a strong and trustworthy newspaper, Tweed needs trustworthy elected officials who are committed to real representation, honesty, and community participation in decision making. Katie Milne and the Greens will continue to work for the best future for all of the residents of Tweed.

FROM THE TWEED GREENS Jordan Parsons, left, and Trinity Robinson play table soccer, a game that pre-dates the digital games era, at the PCYC in Tweed Heads this week. Photo Jeff ‘Tiny Ball’ Dawson

The Tweed Heads Police & Community Youth Club is conducting an open day this Saturday, January 28, from 10am–noon to showcase its range of activities and facilities.

The club has something for everyone, catering for toddlers to seniors. The day of free activities includes: gymnastics; www.tweedecho.com.au

basketball clinic and sign-up for comps for u8s to u14s; men’s opens and mixed opens; self-defence and martial arts displays; dance classes; badminton and more.

The club, on the corner of Florence and Adelaide Streets, Tweed Heads, also offers after-school care and vacation

care, music programs, discos, band nights and Sunday markets. The club facilities are also available for hire for a range of purposes including birthday parties.

For info call manager Mark Madden the club on 07 5599 1714 or visit www.pcycnsw.org/ tweedheads.

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Writer fulfils her childhood dream Albert Elzinga

First-time author Michelle Adams will see her childhood dream turn into a reality when her first children’s book No Ordinary Excuse is launched on February 11.

The book tells the story of 12-year-old Gemma who wants to be an actress but finds it difficult to do her homework while pursuing her ambition.

The young student decides to come up with an appropriately convincing excuse and is forced to deal with the consequences of her actions.

The book’s subject idea came from an exercise Michelle did to practise her writing and brought her back to her selfprofessed ‘default age’, around 12 years of age.

Having three children, two of them teenagers, helped Michelle, from Murwillumbah, obtain the right vocabulary used by today’s youth and allowed her to make her characters sound authentic.

Michelle’s insight into the art of writing resulted from her formal study for an associate degree in writing and years of note taking in her quest to be-

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Mr Anderson said he would ‘take responsibility for defamation myself ’ and was only repeating facts already in the public domain.

‘Not interested’ The mayor again interrupted Mr Anderson as he continued, telling him that councillors wouldn’t be ‘interested’ in what he had to say.

But Mr Anderson told Cr Longland to ‘speak for yourself ’ and that it should have been made clear to him when

Councillors have ditched a plan to hire a peacemaking consultant to help create a ‘more positive relationship’ between development giant Leda and Tweed Shire planning staff.

It follows months of animosity and the release of two so-called dirt files critical of the way council dealt with the massive Kings Forest and Cobaki estates.

But claims of green bias within council’s planning department by the company have failed to spark a witch-hunt by the state government, with council’s general manager being advised to do as he sees fit with the complaints.

Leda had wanted planning powers over their massive Kings Forest and Cobaki

come a published author.

The book was rejected five times before small up-andcoming publishing house Odyssey Books agreed to publish her first effort.

Michelle said it took six years to write the book and convince a publisher to print it.

She engaged a manuscript assessment agency before subjecting her book to the judg-

ment of different publishers and said she never thought about giving up.

Michelle said she was ready to follow her first book with a number of others. One of her current projects was the publication of a cookbook but the competition from established chefs was fierce and made convincing publishers to print the book exceedingly difficult,

housing estates stripped from Tweed council and given to a regional planning panel, which recently approved the Kingscliff police command centre despite overwhelming local opposition.

But Leda’s request has been ignored.

‘Deal with it’ Ross Woodward, chief executive of the Division of Local Government within the Department of Premier and Cabinet, has told council general manager Mike Rayner that Leda’s complaints are ‘properly matters to be dealt with by you’.

Mr Woodward said planning minister Brad Hazzard had written to Leda explaining the government’s complainthandling process and ‘has

suggested that Leda continue to liaise with [Mike Rayner] directly’.

Leda had also launched a PR blitz by taking out full-page advertisements in daily newspapers calling for an independent investigations into allegations contained in the company’s two reports.

It released the files shortly after The Echo revealed that heavy machinery had been used to illegally clear part of the Cudgen Nature Reserve, prompting critics to question the timing of the complaints.

Upper House Greens MP Cate Faehrmann later told parliament Leda boss Bob Ell was suspected of carrying out the clearing which has been under lengthy investigation by National Parks since it was reported in July.

Council seeks revision to subdivision Steve Spencer

Councillors have asked that plans for an 85-lot subdivision at Bilambil Heights be revised to raise the standard of development, but have found no major stumbling blocks to its approval.

The development site, at the corner of Walmsleys Road and Stott Street, is mostly surrounded by existing housing, to the north, south and east, and is likely to get approval from the NSW Department of Planning. Most of it is zoned for urban expansion.

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he booked to speak ‘what did or didn’t’ interest them.

When Mr Anderson closed by saying ‘If you select either of these guys you’ll be grossly irresponsible’, Cr Longland said, ‘that’s enough of your impertinence’.

Mr Rayner is set to retire in April after nearly 30 years in the organisation, the past five at the helm.

He surprised staff and councillors when he made the sudden announcement late last year to leave a year before his contract ends.

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concerns about lot and road design, stormwater, traffic, sewerage and parks addressed before the estate gets the green light.

The estate was first proposed in 2009 and in May 2010 the department found the developer had not satisfactorily addressed issues raise by an environmental assessment.

Since then the developer has changed his plan to: include five community title blocks (down from six); remove one of the five roadways from the plan; move a sewer pumping station away from an environmental buffer zone; and redesign the layout of house sites in

Michelle said.

Michelle’s book launch will take place at the Coolamon Cultural Centre (the old art gallery) on Tumbulgum Road in Murwillumbah, 2–4pm on Saturday, February 11. She will also sign copies of her book at Heidi’s Place book store in Murwillumbah on Saturday, February 25, from 10am until 12 noon.

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the government’s bill to means tax, the government fought test the health insurance rebate, back with a campaign of its which the government considers own. Against Clubs Australia’s Volume 4 #21 January 26, 2012 vital for both fiscal and social rea- far more vulnerable tirades, sons, and more payback is likely. Gillard maintained a stubborn And it needn’t have been silence, leaving it to GetUp to ‘Here lies our sovereign lord, thus.

Gillard’s excuse for ditch- mount a reply, which proved to the King ing her commitment was that be too little and too late.

Whose word no man relies There appeared to be an element of spite in the six Tweed And when Gillard formally the numbers in the House of on; councillors ganging up on Greens Cr Katie Milne on Tuesannounced her backdown, she Representatives simply weren’t He never says a foolish thing day to expel her from the all-councillor selection panel set treated the whole idea of reform there; the bill would not have Nor ever does a wise one.’ to choose a replacement for retiring general manager Mike been passed, so there was no almost with contempt. A $250 Unfortunately the noble earl point in introducing it. But withdrawal limit on ATMS in Rayner. expired in 1680, or we could ask Wilkie avers that he could still pubs and clubs – big deal. New They did this because Cr Milne had made a fairly innocuous him to pen a similar missive for observation to The Echo that it would have been ‘wonderful’ Julia Gillard. to see a woman get the top job, so why all the fuss?

Like the merry monarch, she Against Clubs Australia’s vulnerable The charge on what is a petty and pedantic issue was led can tell a good story, but the tirades, Gillard maintained a by mayor Barry Longland, who observers have said has been implementation of it is frankly stubborn silence, leaving it to deliberately distancing himself from Cr Milne since becomlamentable. ing mayor, after supporting many of her motions in the Keeping her promise to An- GetUp to mount a reply. past three years. The change in tune is audible. One council drew Wilkie to legislate for prewatcher put it that the mayor seems to have gone from runcommitment for poker machine players was always going to be a by Mungo MacCallum ning with the foxes to hunting with the hounds.

On this occasion in slapping Cr Milne’s wrist, it seems to us problem, but it could have been handled much better, starting get the numbers; presumably poker machines to be mandamore of a move to settle scores because of the mayor and much earlier. Instead, she left he was relying on bringing over tory-commitment compatible his pro-development supporters’ suspicions that Cr Milne her backdown so late that there the independent National Tony – in the unlikely event any govhad leaked to The Echo the names of two applicants for the genaral manager’s job – which we can categorically deny was was no time to produce genu- Crook, who does not have to ernment were to reconsider the ine alternative reforms which worry about a backlash from measure. And a trial of mandathe case. would have proved to Wilkie, the clubs; in his home state of tory commitment in the ACT: Observers of council meetings have also noticed a disand much more importantly to Western Australia pokies are not a bad idea, but why so late? cernible frustration among a majority of councillors, espethe mass of voters, that she was banned from clubs and pubs If it was so desirable, why not cially the males, with Cr Milne and her consistent interest, serious about the issue. Now she and so are not an issue. (Inci- run it this year instead of next, questions and notices of motion on all matters, especially is left looking, once again, tricky dentally, can the propagandists and so leave time to act on the environmental. and deceitful. of Clubs Australia explain how results before the next election?

Male reporters from mainstream media also often criticise The headlines from last week the state can exist without pokAnd of course there were her privately for repeatedly putting up a raft of motions at said it all. Where the Sydney ies? How it maintains a thriving other measures, genuine measevery meeting, knowing most of them would not get the Morning Herald announced: club scene, sporting teams flour- ures, which could and should support of her colleagues.

‘Gillard retreats on pokie re- ish, and communities prosper? have been taken. The numbers But at least she acts from her heart and commitment to her forms’, implying a forced with- No? Can it be that they have may or may not have been there cause and not from expediency, actions which should be – drawal from a course of action been telling the rest of us great for mandatory commitment, to which she was committed, big lies? But of course; they al- but they were certainly there and outside this particular chamber are indeed – respected The Australian ran: ‘Gillard ways have and always will. They for maximum one dollar bets. and admired. prevails in pokies stand-off ’. call it being Australian).

Too expensive, said Gillard; Cr Milne was also controversially booted off the council’s It would have done Gillard too expensive for whom? Surely Aboriginal advisory committee a couple of years ago for spu- The insinuation was that Gillard had never intended to ful- no harm to test Wilkie’s claim not for the clubs? rious reasons because, as we believed, she had been asking fil her promise; now she had by bringing the bill in for a vote And how about a spot of too many questions which could have upset developers or called Wilkie’s bluff and won. simple de-glamourising? The – to really call his bluff .

If he held their projects up.

But in any case she hadn’t; government has legislated for was wrong, he would have been The Tweed needs more assiduous and inquiring councilWilkie went ahead and with- forced to back off. By not doing plain packaging of cigarettes. lors like Cr Milne. In her quest to support council planners in drew his support, and while he is so Gillard reinforced the im- It would be easy enough to inprotecting the dwindling koala colonies set to be impacted unlikely to be in a rush to install pression that she did not want sist that the clubs strip the bells on by the massive Kings Forest development, her moves for Tony Abbott as prime minister, to risk the bill actually passing. and whistles and flashing lights reasonable amendments were often wrongfully slammed by Gillard can no longer rely on his Certainly she showed no en- off the pokies, replacing them some other councillors as a ploy to delay the development. vote to pass her legislation. He thusiasm for a fight; when the with a sober, or even downright Yet those same councillors could or would not see how has already signalled that he is miners unleashed their adver- unattractive, product – and one their stand appears to be all about facilitating the developer’s reconsidering his support for tising against the super profits which does not give the occawishes for a speedy approval with no impediments, despite a great number of concerns by our shire and state planners. So the question is, who do they think they’re representing?

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sional free turn, which some addicts have claimed is the greatest turn on of all.

But the clubs have ruled out all of the above, and indeed any reform at all which could affect their revenues. And that, it would appear, is all it took for Gillard to rule them out too.

Fighting the good fight, even with the enthusiastic aid of community organisations such as GetUp, the moral authority of Tim Costello and most of the churches and the pro bono skills of major advertising and marketing guns such as Neil Lawrence and Sue Cato was just too hard.

And even widespread public support did not beat the club money. The polls, even in the New South Wales and Queensland marginals most keenly targeted by Clubs Australia, still showed a majority of voters in favour of reform, and even of Wilkie’s proposed measures.

And anyway, the experts, led by the Nielsen pollster John Stirton, do not regard the issue as a vote changer. So why is Gillard running away?

At the very least, it is to be hoped that the SMH was right; that it is a retreat, not a complete rout. Because the signal it sends is that from now on, any well-heeled pressure group can call the shots. At the first whiff of grapeshot, the government will capitulate. And the electorate will not, and should not, put up with such cowardice from the captain and the crew.

The carbon tax showed that Gillard could play tough when she wanted to, but her behaviour over the last week has been that of a leader who lacks guts or integrity or both. She deperately needs to stop sounding smart and start acting wise.

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When I returned to Tweed four years ago, the Tweed Echo had just started. It was like finding a friend waiting to welcome me home. I believe this affection is shared by a great many others, as The Echo has established itself as an independent voice in our community.

Echo, to me, means ‘voice of the people’: a reflection of the community in which this paper lives. This contrasts semantically with Bulletins, Reviews, Mails and so on.

It’s rare, and we are very lucky, to have a local newspaper that provides both an excellent community forum and quality investigative journalism that reports on real issues affecting us all. The Echo provides much needed balance in the Tweed media.

I extend my deep thanks to Luis and The Echo team for everything that they’ve done, and continue to do, to inform, engage, support and entertain us.

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I have just heard the Tweed Echo newspaper looks like it is coming to an end. This is devastating news!

I feel the loss of the newspaper form is a great blow to us as a community. The Tweed Echo was often the only way to get an alternative/more balanced viewpoint across to a broader audience and was our sanity saver during the Repco rally campaign.

The Tweed Echo has been a valuable tool in all kinds of community issues such as Byrrill Creek, Kings Forest, Cabarita and more. It has given the community a voice, and is often the only paper to do so.

I would like to suggest as many of you as possible write to The Echo and let them know you would be happy to either subscribe or pay at the newsagents for the newspaper and let them know it is a valuable community service.

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(Advertisers take note, The Echo is often the only newspaper people go to for local information.) I also like having my thoughts provoked or tickled by Mandy Nolan and enjoy the debate that goes on in the Letters to the Editor page, a rare example of true democracy.

I personally would easily pay up to $2 for my Echo at the newsagent and will let The Echo know; perhaps you could let them know what you would pay in your letter.

Please act now, before this valuable community asset disappears.

Suzanne Gray

Chinderah

Are you mad? If you go to exclusively internet publishing, a good half your readership will disappear.

What of the thousands of readers who enjoy your superb newspaper at their breakfast table or out during the day?

Only a few would have mobile internet devices. The vast majority, I believe, would read The Echo away from a computer or iPad – just having their breakfast or lunch at the family table. But now you will have to sit in front of a screen, bombarded by distractions, to

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I was counting on The Echo to be the leading light during the next council elections. It was the absence of a quality newspaper at the last election that allowed the criminally insane to be elected. With your thorough reporting of their behaviour since you began publishing we stood a chance of getting some truly honest and representative councillors elected. But, now that you are effectively going into cyberspace and away from the streets of Tweed, there is a good possibility that the internet-challenged in our community will take their cue from the other rags that pollute the place.

I assume your motivation for doing this is the expense involved in printing a hard copy paper and I can see that’s a problem for you, but please reconsider the timing. Can you not postpone this till after September?

The concerned citizens of the Tweed – no matter what our politics – cannot afford the weakening of our main

weapon for shedding light on the goings on in council.

All prospective councillors should have their qualities – good and bad – highlighted for all to see.

Rob Fitches

Stokers Siding

My wife and I are avid readers of the Tweed Echo. We thoroughly enjoyed collecting our hard copy from the distribution points in Coolangatta and catching up with the many and varied facts/ opinions regarding local and national issues/events.

While disappointed that we can no longer sit on the veranda with a cup of tea and do the Mungo crossword as well as discuss the many interesting items in the paper, we understand the need to go electronic.

Our question is ‘Will there be a Mungo cryptic crossword in the new online version of the publication?’

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‘Thank you for many hours of enjoyable reading. The community needed a paper such as yours, and was better for it.’

‘Sorry to hear you’re closing the print edition.

In this apathetic political climate I think Tweed residents need something shoved down their throats once a week, rather than relying on any pro-active step from them to gather information.’

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‘So sad The Echo is going to stop printing. I think we are seeing the beginning of the end of the newspaper trade… it’s terrible but have to say I do love Echonetdaily.’

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Letters What we don’t need from Leda

Cobaki Lakes and Kings Forest are two development subdivisions, one about the size of Murwillumbah, the other a bit smaller. Kings Forest is expected to accommodate about 15,000 people and Cobaki Lakes about 10,000; that’s 25,000 in all.

Where are they going to work? We’ve already got monumental unemployment, particularly among the young. Our kids have to leave for tertiary education and apprenticeships and ultimately for careers. Less than 10 per cent are able to find lifetime employment locally and then mostly in service industries providing services for the rest of us.

Apart from rural production almost nothing is produced locally to be used elsewhere.

Where does the money for services come from? Almost 40 per cent of local population receives a pension or the dole or a study income, some form of social service, or is dependent on someone who is. It’s our biggest industry. With an extra 25,000 people, the percentage of unemployed may not increase much, but the number of devastated people certainly will.

Some of the blocks are 120 square metres – that’s more than eight blocks of land to

the quarter acre, the size we used to think was about right for a building block.

A major characteristic of slum areas is the extremely small area available to each household. This is a future slum area in the making.

People who live in cramped accommodation suffer stresses which cause them to fight with each other. Further characteristics of such cramped quarters are the high rates of suicide, crime and antisocial behaviour.

Commissions of public housing all over Australia have had experience along these lines and we’ve all read accounts of social fabric coming apart in cramped conditions. Why then is the NSW government allowing such developments to proceed?

The Tweed koala population has fallen from several thousand years ago to 144 today. This is almost below the number needed to maintain genetic diversity, the number needed to prevent inbreeding.

The Tweed koalas live in three loose colonies interconnected with each other and this interconnection is critical to their survival because if the colonies are isolated, each doesn’t have the numbers to prevent inbreeding which will destroy them in a generation. The wildlife corridor that connects these colonies

contains a continuous series of koala-suitable food trees and passes through an area the Kings Forest developers plan to make into a golf course and in the process they plan to remove most of these food trees. We’ve got golf courses running out our ears.

Tweed Shire Council is putting together a koala management plan and it’s interesting to note that the plan covers the entire shire with the exception of Kings Forest. The development has its own plan set up by the state government and beyond the control of our council. I bet the lobbyists have been busy there.

We don’t need a sudden almost 30 per cent increase in our population nor the bill to provide them with infrastructure. We don’t need a potential future slum area nor the everlasting economic and social costs associated with it. We don’t need another golf course and we don’t need the destruction of our koalas.

cross over from Queensland to New South Wales.

We see a green belt loaded with oxygen-giving trees that sustain LIFE on this abused planet that is rapidly disintegrating because of greedy developers and corrupt politics.

We don’t want to see highdensity urban areas taking over this pristine part of Australia.

It is what the Tweed Shire has to offer that attracts people to the area. If we let this development go ahead, then another will be given the green light and then another and so on until we end up with another concrete urban jungle. We don’t want a concrete jungle.

We want a green one that supports the ecosystem the Tweed can still lay claim to.

Say no to Kings Forest, say yes to sustainable living in a sustainable environment.

Michel Doolan

Kingscliff

A DAFF proposal

Jim O’Regan As advised in the Tweed Echo

Murwillumbah recently, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Say no to Kings Forest Forestry (DAFF), together The reason we moved to the with Tweed Shire Council, Tweed Shire was to get away gave a presentation in Murfrom the rat race the southeast willumbah entitled ‘Action corner of Queensland has be- on the Ground’ to encourcome. We have always referred age conservation-minded loto the Tweed River as the Rio cal farmers with support for Grande because that’s what it on-farm projects that might feels like to us every time we reduce greenhouse gas emis-

sions and/or increase soilstored carbon.

Individuals or groups can apply for a slice of the $99 million federal government money available from the DAFF Sustainable Resource Management Division, in tranches of between $55,000 and $365,000 first, up to a maximum of $605,000 over three years.

In addition to a talk lasting about an hour, information leaflets issued in clarification ran to 25 pages of ‘guidelines’ and FAQ answers plus a nine-page application form. Applications must be formulated in detail showing expected activity (‘Action on the Ground’) requiring funding with costs, budgets and forecasts ready to be submitted by February 8 (in just three weeks), after which none will be accepted.

It is expected that within this time a farmer, or group of producers, involved will describe in writing what is proposed and what it is expected to achieve (reduce methane or nitrous oxide emissions, increase carbon in soil or define innovative practices that might do one or all of these).

They must keep records that will withstand auditor scrutiny and conduct these trials while still running the farm(s) that currently take all their time to provide their livelihood.

Further, when asked, the speaker could not provide numbers to identify the starting and end points that would indicate success (or failure) in ‘reducing emissions’ or ‘increasing soil carbon’ as the objective for whether the funding application would be accepted or rejected. Nor, if successful, if there was any carbon credit or other benefit, such as enhanced farm income, to be obtained (what’s in it for me?), when what is most needed are ways to enhance farm income and market security.

On reflection it seems to me that what was proposed has a very limited chance of being taken up locally, even without having to meet the February 8 deadline. And that does not take into account the possibility of another worldwide financial crisis in 2012 that could cause a shortage of funds later this year, making them unexpectedly unavailable when really needed (and maybe already spent!).

Those bureaucrats in the DAFF who put this together might then express surprise at the small amount of the generously voted government funds that was actually taken up, prompting them to initiate an enquiry to find out why that might be!

Jim Berting

Burringbar

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Inspire Dance Studio is a brand new dance school, studio and performing arts centre. Professionally equipped with sprung floors, mirror, barres and sound system and available to rent to other inspiring teachers of yoga, dance, arts and fitness. The dance school caters for all ages.

Inspire Dance is the creation of Danielle Stewart, a local dance teacher and choreographer. Danielle’s passion is choreography and sharing this with her students.

Danielle is also working on an exciting production with Nina Jeftic to be staged mid-year and is looking for amazing dancers to be part of this. Inspire Dance Studio will also stage an end-of-year production.

The GRAND OPENING of Inspire Dance Studio is on Friday January 27 from 2 to 6pm. A free trial contemporary class for 12 years to adults will be held at 4pm. Come have a go or watch to check it out!

Go to www.inspiredance.com.au for further info or phone Danielle on 0428 876 346.

PACIFIC COAST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

With the number of students in the school 30 per cent more than January 2011 and our new assistant principal starting, there will be some significant changes at Pacific Coast Christian School.

While others have been on holidays, four Pacific Coast Christian School teachers have been travelling overseas serving and learning about local communities.

Debbie Vandersteen has returned to Vietnam to hand out Samaritans Purse shoeboxes, of which the school donated 50 boxes filled with toys, gifts and clothes which New Assistant Principal, Steve Moody were given by school families.

Dr Susan Bird, Hannah McKerrow and Wendy Hawkins travelled to Indonesia on a cross-cultural learning tour sponsored by the federal government. This tour enables teachers to return to the school and share their experiences.

Dr Tina Lamont said, ‘I am excited that our teachers are dedicated to the craft of teaching and are willing to serve and learn on their holidays. At PCCS we are passionate about serving in our local and international community.’

Visit us online at www.pacificcoast.nsw.edu.au.

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GRAND OPENING FRIDAY JANUARY 27TH 2–6PM

INSPIRE DANCE STUDIO

1/9 Bonanza Drive, Billinudgel

Come to our grand opening and enrolment day to see our studio and find out more.

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ENQUIRIES Danielle Stewart: 0428 876 346

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RECYCLE AT THE BEST FRIENDS PET REPSYCHLERS OP-SHOP SUPERCENTRE At the Repsychlers Op-Shop we give unwanted preloved goods of all sorts a second chance, often saving them from landfill. Jewellery is repaired, a large array of clothing is sorted, cleaned, then classified for shop sales or shipping to third-world countries. Silverware is brought back to life with an effective cleaning process and old cabinets are remodeled into stunning modern lowline furniture.

The Op-Shop is an Australian Disability Enterprise, and provides employment opportunities for people living with mental illness. All workers are paid employees; every dollar made from sales supports the viability of this important service.

Support the Op-Shop to provide an increasingly soughtafter service to the community. A free pickup service of donations can be arranged; a delivery service is available too at a small fee.

We are open 9.30am to 4pm Monday–Saturday at 56 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads. Phone 07 5536 2537.

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New to Machinery Drive Tweed Heads South, Best Friends Pet SuperCentre welcomes pets and owners to wander the aisles and browse the extensive range of pet goods, talk to the in-house experts, check out the fabulous new grooming facilities, a puppy pre-school and more!

Local store manager Dave Carter says Best Friends is designed to welcome families to shop with their pets.

‘When pets come in with their families it completely changes the shopping dynamic,’ Dave explains.

‘Not only is it more fun and an opportunity to socialise your pet, the Best Friends team are able to more effectively tailor solutions when they see your pet in store.’

Best Friends guarantees the best prices in Tweed Heads with price matching policy and customers can join the Very Important Pets Club and get 10 per cent off all premium dog and cat food, plus heaps more everyday specials.

It’s not just about retail therapy, however. Your best friend can also be treated at the state-of-the-art dog grooming salon. Fully trained, professional groomers pamper your best friend in comfort and safety. Large viewing windows let you watch the transformation as it happens. Open 7 days, book now to let your dog

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MANY PEOPLE WORRY A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO CARING FOR THEIR PLANTS. WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOUSE PLANTS, THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY. THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER: WATERING Over-watering kills most houseplants. Looks can be deceptive, so to see if your soil is dry enough to water, try the finger test. Insert your index finger up to the first joint into the soil. If the soil is damp, don’t water it.

FEEDING Foliage plants usually have high nitrogen needs, while flowering plants, K2O is needed. Slow release fertilizers can be mixed with the compost. However, certain plants like cacti and orchids need special fertiliser. Feed plants during their most active growth period... sourced from gardeningtip.org experience the best grooming service in Tweed Heads: 07 5523 6700 at a special half-price introductory offer.

Best Friends is all about responsible pet ownership.

There is even a puppy preschool in store that runs weekday afternoons and on weekends at only $50 for a 5-week course!

Best Friends Pet SuperCentre, Tweed Heads South, 10 Machinery Drive. Opening hours are Mon – Wed 9am – 6pm, Thurs 9am – 7pm, Fri 9am – 6pm, Sat 9am – 5pm & Sun 10-4pm. Inquiries: 07 5523 6700 or visit www. bestfriendspets.com.au

For this reason each McKenzie Aged Care facility has now been fitted with specially designed raised garden beds, perfectly suited for gardening whilst standing up or sitting in a wheelchair.

Mary-Ann McKenzie, director of the McKenzie Aged Care Group says that gardening plays a vital role in resident wellbeing by providing an occasion to be outside and socialising with a purpose.

‘Many of our residents have developed a real passion for gardening and have started a club that meets regularly to discuss ideas and listen to guest speakers.’

‘The residents are responsible for the fountain courtyard and take pride in making it beautiful for everyone to enjoy.’

The chefs at the Raffles aged care facility in Tweed Heads South use some of the vegetables and herbs produced by the residents while the blooming flowers are enjoyed by residents and staff alike.

Many McKenzie aged-care residents have enjoyed getting Twenty-one of the garden beds were supplied by semitheir hands dirty in the garden while in their prime but retired businessman Alan Honeysett, who got the idea in old age it can get harder and harder to bend down to for the raised garden beds after he broke his back several years ago. plant a radish, pluck a carrot or forage for a potato.

EVERYTHING GROWS AT MCKENZIE AGED CARE GROUP

‘I was finding it incredibly difficult to bend down but I wanted to carry on gardening and this is what I came up with’ Says Alan.

For further information about the Raffles aged-care facility visit www.mckenzieacg.com or phone 1300 899 222 and for more information about the raised garden beds visit www. alsgardencreations.com.au.

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FUTURE REFLECTIONS

Future Reflections opened 3 October 2011 at 91 Griffith St, Coolangatta. They will soon be the most successful and well-respected fitness organisation in Coolangatta.

Future Reflections has been designed to welcome everybody from everywhere who never thought they could enter a gym. The floor layout is designed with

dedication towards neatness, easy design to move around, manageable equipment and great cool floor staff.

Our equipment is fitted with the most up-market functions with all cardio machines featuring TV, internet and games built into LCD screens. The resistance equipment travels smoothly with the design of the slidepin, so we will ensure you a fun but easy workout all at once!

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A L L Y O U R L O C A L E N T E R TA I N M E N T 7 D AY S A W E E K

Live Music Go visit the Graveyard

instruments including fiddle, mandolin, banjo, didjeridoos, mouth harps, whistles, guitars, stomp box, lagerphone and spoons. Add a wide-ranging repertoire with great vocal harmonies and a Celtic touch and you have Fiddle in the Middle.

Garland and many more. With stunning costumes and some hot Latin tunes to spice up the evening, come and enjoy a night out of live quality entertainment and fun with Miss Mandy and her band.

Friday Condong Bowling Club.

easily combining pop, rock, soul and reggae, and delving into topics both personal and geopolitical. His live shows are world-class, informed by years of performing in London and New York. Currumbin SoundLounge Friday.

This exciting and experienced trio draws on a wide range of influences covering acoustic-anchored music from Bob Dylan and early folk influences, through rock and roll classics, Celtic jigs, reels and ballads, Australian country – colonial to contemporary, bluegrass, country, swing, blues and roots. Currumbin RSL Thursday.

Graveyard Train ripped chains and hammers from hell to forge Horror Country. They are the pioneers of a new genre that will make you cry and curse and scream. Ghost stories, murder ballads and tales of redemption are crooned through melodies plucked directly from the afterlife. Haunted love, haunted souls, even haunted clothes are typical subjects covered by the songs of the Graveyard Train.

These aren’t the kind of ghost stories kids tell around the campfire – they are the tales of horror whispered by inmates in the dark, the tales of bloodlust muttered by the insane, the tales of woe and regret whimpered through dying last words. Six men play men’s instruments just as men were born to JESS MAUBOY AND STAN WALKER do. Chain, washboard, PLAY AT TWIN TOWNS ON FRIDAY steel guitar, banjo and harmonica – instruments with a long history of storytelling underlay six voices tempered by whiskey, blood and poverty.

Enjoy a cookin’ six-piece swing Graveyard train offer penance band featuring Brisbane’s to this town of sinners. Beware top musicians, Shannon the plague of locusts, beware Marshall trumpet direct from the hail of frogs, beware the Brisvegas, Ashley Lewis the localised apocalypse that is the coastal jazz man on trombone, Graveyard Train. Currumbin John Woodend MD and SoundLounge Thursday. saxes, Shane Calderbank on keys, fresh from Wicked, Nick Woodend on bass and Ashley Higgins on drums.

Swinging with Miss Mandy

This trio will not diddle you

Fiddle in the Middle are a trio of exceptional musicality and have the ability to entertain and involve any audience – leaving them with that feeling of a great live music experience.

Musical variety is assured with

Mandy sings and dances the fabulous music of the 1940s era.

With a career in television and stage Mandy Goullet brings back old-school entertainment featuring songs from Ella Fitzgerald, Bette Midler, Judy

Osaka, were finally recorded in a water tank tucked away in the hills of northern NSW. The unconventional location proved an ideal melting pot for engineer/producer Govinda Doyle (Angus & Julia Stone) to blend the vintage tones, classic narrative and distinct modern pop sensibility of Taylor’s dynamic six-piece band.

Currumbin SoundLounge Friday.

Luscious waters Inland

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The ten awesome members of Brisbane’s Inland Sea are bound together by a love of complex harmonies and song writing + heap sleeping. Since forming in early 2010 Inland Sea have won hearts and International songwriting awards – yes! Also, are crabs something you win?

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Three members of iconic Brisband george will reunite under the one roof for a special double bill featuring local maestros Taylor and the visiting New York-based Tyrone Noonan Band.

Nick Stewart (guitar) and Geoff Green (drums), both of Taylor, performed together with Tyrone (co-lead singer, keys/gtrs) in the ARIA awardwinning band george.

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Tyrone’s uplifting and thoughtful music encapsulates Australian, US and UK sounds,

the dark corner of the room, the resonate storytelling of Taylor delivers a live experience that is both sophisticated in its harmony and uniquely theatrical in performance.

The alluring yet disarmingly haunting sounds of Taylor came about when travelling song writer David Taylor returned home to collaborate with fellow musician and long time friend Nick Stewart. Songs penned in places as far afield as a farmhouse in southern England and the muddy tracks of Vietnam, to Amsterdam and

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program guide

NEW SUMMER PERIOD NOV 1 2011 – 30 APR 2012 MONDAY 6am The Morning Mix Kabes 9am The Lighthouse Lounge Andrew & Pollyanna 11am Belly BellySisters 12pm Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond Hunna & Lara 1pm That’s Amore The Italians 2pm Q’s Jazz ‘n Blues Quentin Watts 4pm Cruizy Beatz DJ Cruizy 6pm Grailey Whole Celtic Show Margaret Wyatt 8pm Sounds of Africa DJ Massaganda 10pm Freedom Run Yochichy

WEDNESDAY 6am Catch and Grab DJ Holly Holster 9am 2481 Undone Nicqui Yazdi & Jemma 11am Go Earthcare Ros Elliott 12pm Suara Indonesia Francesca & Kirana 1pm Afternoon Tea Party Adelaide & Fai 2pm The Junkyard Stuey 4pm Olylamas Beanbag Olylama 6pm Bongo Gum Brett Diemar 8pm Basswize/Good times Crucial D/Big B 10pm All Funked Up Mr Mantiki

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Encapsulating Charming and Australia, US hopeful Sounding like the charming and the UK sort of hope that emerges from

TUESDAY 6am Clockwise Gary Street 9am Under Construction Sarah Ndiaye & Lyn McCarthy 11am Byron Business Phil Daly 12pm Wirritjin Terra Nullus 2pm Live from Earth Dane 4pm Below the Radar The Invisible Man 6pm Post Modern Backlash Hudson 8pm Radio Mundial Steve Snelgrove 10pm Shel’s Place Shel Kronich

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THURSDAY 6am Planet Luv Glitter 9am Arts Canvass Karena 11am Bohemian Beat Riddhi 12pm Juke Joint Tony Parker 2pm Audio Chocolate Rich 4pm Future Classics Matt Meir 6pm Crossroads Paul Martin 8pm Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’ The Honeydripper 10pm Booty Call Lainie 12am Gimme Shelter Rockstar Fee FRIDAY 6am That Friday Feeling Nicky 9am The Spin Cycle Karin Kolbe 11am Page Turners/ Pip Morrissey Social Savvy Networking Russell & Maxim 12pm Mystery Train Mary Cannon 1pm Whirled Music Phil Hirst 2pm Grooveyard Teesha & Nilesh 4pm The Village Manie 6pm Chopsuey Rachy 8pm Submerged/Down & Out Si Clone/Slinky 10pm Rotation/B-BoyMixers POB/Elixza SATURDAY 6am Bay Rock Tark 8am Musical Kaleidoscope Jill 10am Cowboy’s Sweetheart Carrie D 12pm Blues from the Bay Anthony & Ken 2pm Paris Cat Alley Lou 4pm The Festival Express Tegs 5pm Radio Re-Generation Mother & Child 6pm Random Rhythms Ashgirl 8pm Diggin in the Archives Undertaker & Joan of Arc 10pm In the Vaults/ Matt Wardle/ The Hypnagogic State Ice Creme Kid SUNDAY 7am Astro Alchemy Iris & Michael 8am Sounds of the 60’s Alan E. 10am Jazz Moods Jean Brown 12pm Omnibus RG Pedicini & Les Schmidt 2pm Radio Latina Yolanda, Salvador & David 4pm The Bay Lounge aqua 6pm Roots & Culture DJ Selector 8pm Ice Cream Truck Fulton Hobbs 10pm The Space Between Mr Hugs

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When we drove into Wondai I was struck with the kind of sadness that descends when you enter a palliative care unit. I found myself whispering so as not to disturb anyone. While the town is not dead See Mandy live at yet, it was evident that it had been buffered from the economic www.echonetdaily.net.au boom that had fertilised the rest of the region. Many of the shops were boarded shut. There was only one mean-looking old cowboy in the street. It was clear his horse had been repossessed, because THE HOMECOMING when he mounted his ute, I thought, you just don’t see people There’s something strange about going back somewhere that you drive like that anywhere else. once knew as a child. Everything seems so much smaller, or stiller, The places I remembered with affection were gone. Boisons was and it’s always much less impressive. Places that seemed magical dead and buried. This store should have been heritage listed. in childhood have their mundanity revealed in adulthood. That is With the same shopfront they had in 1950, and many of the perhaps the beauty of childhood, as infantile perception and lack same mannequins and stock, the store was legendary. Wondai’s of experience allows us to construct much more elaborate stories infamous haberdashery cum rural department store was a family then the ones that actually exist. business run by brother and sister Mick and Beryl until their recent death. It was still possible to find alligator skin shoes for seven A few weeks ago I took my kids back to the country town where pounds, or bolts of fabric that my mother had her wedding frock I grew up to visit my dying grandmother. Although I had visited cut from. the town intermittently over the last few decades, it was on this trip that it was finally revealed that the place of my birth is in fact You didn’t need money to shop at Boisons, you simply went in, a shithole. bought your buttons, new undies, bra, shirts, sheets, blankets and the rest of your supplies and you said ‘book it up on the account I had previously romanticised it as a busy country town bustling with people. Turns out it’s a dry and desolate ghost town. For those please, Beryl’. And she would neatly write your name against your purchases, and once every quarter you’d settle the bill. This was a of you who haven’t made the trek, Wondai is nestled between business that responded to the cash flow of a country community, Murgon and Kingaroy in the South Burnett about 240 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, it would appear that Wondai, like my poor knowing that when the crops come in or the cattle are slaughtered that money is plenty, and that during the long months in between grandmother, is on the way out. the bank account is often a dry and dusty place. No-one would Driving through the country towns that dot the area I noted that while neighbouring villages are flourishing, Wondai seems to have operate a business like that any more.

There have been a few notable people emerge from my home withered. In Murgon and Kingaroy there was clear evidence of town: Test cricketer Carl Rackeman and the toothless yodelling demographic growth, with expanded shopping areas, increased housing and the proliferation of actual humans on the street going sheik from scrubby Creek, Chad Morgan. I dread the day my name is ever added to that terrible list. Oh, and of course a horse called about their daily business. I even noted roadsigns that indicated I had entered a wine-growing area! What the! These are strictly beer- Wondai’s Mate – a trotter. Even fast animals get good at moving slowly in Wondai. drinking people!

Turns out that the region is now an important wine growing-area. We drove quietly around the town looking for the nursing home.

We were the only car on the wide streets that would have once Seemed ironic when the only bottle of white I could find at the held bullock drays. Wondai means dingo, although we didn’t local bottleshop last time I stayed was a 1994 Blue Nun. And it actually see any of them, but we did notice an emu walking the hadn’t been set down to age; it noted the date my mother left streets. The emu walked beside our moving vehicle and then town, leaving the rest of their stock undrunk.

Gig Guide

■ CONDONG BOWLING CLUB 6.30PM TWEED VALLEY JAZZ CLUB MISS MANDY & THE OZHORNZ ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES 7PM KARAOKE MIKE NITE ■ CUDGEN SLSC KINGSCLIFF 6PM SEGWAY ■ RIVERVIEW MURWILLUMBAH 2PM BROADFOOT ■ CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES ■ SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF 2PM 7.30PM TYRONE NOONAN CLUB 6PM SHANE TENAIKI JON J BRADLEY BAND + TAYLOR + HOOTON ■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 2PM AND THE APATHY ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE BILL JACOBI 6PM DARBY BURGER ■ KAIVALYA MERU COMMUNITY ■ CLUB BANORA 6PM PAUL 7PM TENZIN CHOEGYAL & ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB ENSBEY TRIO THE TASHI LHUMPO MONKS 6PM SWIZZLE ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM OF TIBET ■ TWIN TOWNS OZ ROCK BAND KORA ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL 9PM THE CHASE 4PM JAN NICK MUIR ■ MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA ■ COURTHOUSE HOTEL, ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES BEACH 7.30PM SCOTT DAV-Y MURWILLUMBAH 12.30PM CLUB 7.30 THE BAGMAN ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES BLIND WILLIE WAGTAIL ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6.30PM MARTIN WAY ■ CUDGEN LEAGUES CLUB 6PM CLUB 8PM THE LOVE CATS MARTIN WAY ■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 8PM MR ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 7PM BLIND LEMON ■ CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE TROY 7.30PM GRAVEYARD TRAIN + ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM RUSSELL ■ SALTBAR KINGSCLIFF BLACK PEARL INLAND SEA HINTON ■ JAKES @ KINGSCLIFF 12 NOON ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE SUSIE J MR TROY 7.30PM LOUNGE BAR JAN ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM WEST WORLD 8PM FRONT BAR – AMOS PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN 11AM SHANE TANAIKI

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FRIDAY 27

casually came up to my passenger window and stared at me with a strange prehistoric curiosity.

The kids got chased by bees. Sophia got bitten on the bum and they all had to run screaming back to the car. The car was full of bees. It was 40 degrees. We were being attacked by the wildlife. We thought about taking the kids for a quick dip to cool off but the swimming pool was shut for lunch. Why would you shut a public swimming pool at the hottest time of the day?

For the first time I saw my home town as a hard place. A brutalising place. Hot and dry and uncompromising, this was a town with no soft edges. I realised how soft I’d become as a coastal dweller, soaking up all that water. This was a place without moisture.

I entered the nursing home noting a sign declaring that an enormous brown snake had been seen in the grounds. Bees, snakes, emus – it appeared that the country was taking over. I walked into the nursing home to see my Nanna. It was such a shock to see the woman I remember as such a fierce matriarch so small and sad. She was sitting in the corner of her room. Deaf, blind and now confused, she had very little idea of who I was. I held her hand and shouted. She told me that she just wanted to die, and that every time she went to sleep she prayed that God would take her.

‘The days are so long,’ she whispered from dry lips. It was only my little Ivy, who I named after her, that she connected with. She clutched my daughter’s tiny hand in her old tired one. When we left, she offered her cheek, and my little girl picked up on the sign and kissed her. She didn’t offer it to me or any of the other children, just my baby girl, her namesake. It was so simple, such a sweet connection that I found myself starting to cry. Driving out of Wondai I was struck by the dual sadness of seeing my Nanna and my hometown in such a sorry state. Here was an old woman and a town who continued on relentlessly, when deep down, all they both wanted was to be returned to dust.

Read more of Mandy in her new book, What I Would Do If I Were You, available at all good bookshops.

7.30PM GREG DOOLAN 9PM RICK BARRON ■ TWIN TOWNS 8.30PM JESSICA ■ MARTY’S @ CABA, CABARITA MAUBOY AND STAN BEACH 7.30PM CANDICE WALKER ■ MURWILLUMBAH SERVICES ■ TWIN TOWNS OZ ROCK BAND CLUB 6.30PM KIMBERLY DAVIS ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB 6PM JEFF CAMILLIERI ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES CLUB 7.30PM COTTON, KEAYS ■ SEAGULLS LAKEVIEW LOUNGE & MORRIS 8PM SODA POP ■ CABARITA BEACH SPORTS ■ SHEAOAK SHACK 7PM GURI CLUB 7PM DYNAMITE GURU KARAOKE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB ■ CHINDERAH TAVERN 3PM BO 7.30PM CRAIG MARTIN JENKINS ■ TWIN TOWNS OZ ROCK BAND ■ CLUB BANORA 7PM STEPHEN MICHAELS ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL ■ BABALOU, KINGSCLIFF HOTEL, 8PM DAVE MURRAY 2.30PM PETER COCKRELL ■ COOLANGATTA TWEED ■ BURLEIGH BEARS LEAGUES HEADS GOLF CLUB 7PM CLUB 2.30PM STREET CAFE NIGHTSHIFT ■ CLUB BANORA 11.30AM JEOL ■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM TURNER 2PM TALENTED MIDNIGHT GROOVE TEEN COMPETITION – HEAT ■ JAKES @ KINGSCLIFF 7PM MR 4 TROY ■ COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH 5PM CHRIS BOYNETON BOWLS CLUB 7.30PM JIM MCALLISTER ■ CUDGEN SLSC KINGSCLIFF 4PM JON J BRADLEY ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL

SATURDAY 28

SUNDAY 29

■ CURRUMBIN RSL 7PM CHER MEETS ABBA ■ KINGSCLIFF BEACH HOTEL 2PM MR TROY ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 4PM HAVE-A-GO-KARAOKE ■ NEVERLAND COOLANGATTA EASY SUNDAYS ■ POTTSVILLE BEACH SPORTS CLUB MICHAEL EOTVOS ■ RIVERVIEW HOTEL MURWILLUMBAH 2PM BO JENKINS ■ SHEOAK SHACK 4PM BENNY D WILLIAMS ■ SPHINX ROCK CAFE MT BURRELL 2PM SARAH, HARRY & ANDY JANSBROWN ■ SURFERS BEER GARDEN SUNDAY SESSIONS ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 5PM MARCO ■ TWIN TOWNS OZ ROCK BAND

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with their humble and luscious five-part vocal harmonies, interwoven instrumentation and lyrical sincerity and the big dollar. Creating a sound that soars like a butterfly and stings like a bee or something that happens when Beau has to pee. RHYME!, their music evokes the awe, majesty, melancholy and bittersweet joy of happy cartoon dancing whales on salvia. Currumbin SoundLounge Thursday.

Tibetan monks in exile.

The day begins with The Art of

For Tibet With Love The For Tibet With Love tour

by Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal and the Tashi Lhumpo Monks of Tibet raises funds for the education of Tibetan children and supports

workshop, you’ll make your own mandala, starting from a basic outline, with Tenzin and the monks to guide you in the finer points of sand mandala making.

The mandala is built from coloured sand, ground from rock from the Himalayas, and then poured precisely onto the

FOR TIBET WITH LOVE AT KALVALYA MERU COMMUNITY ON FRIDAY

Impermanence – sand mandalamaking workshop. From 2 to 4pm. Learn this ancient Buddhist artform. During the

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mandala design using a ‘chakpu’, a cone-shaped, fine-tipped metal funnel. The mandala is

in essence a visualisation tool, a symbol of a perfect world in which we are all perfect beings practising the pure loving kindness and compassion that is innate in all living beings.

■ MARTY’S AT CABA CABARITA BEACH 7.30PM DAVE MURRAY’S OPEN MIC NIGHT ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6.30PM TRACY VAUGHAN ■ TWIN TOWNS SHOWROOM 10.30AM HOLLYWOOD HITS

WEDNESDAY 1 ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM DAVID LEE 6.30PM MARTY HURST

THURSDAY 2 ■ COOLANGATTA HOTEL 8PM BACK LIPS ■ KIRRA SPORTS CLUB 8PM PHIL EIZENBERG’S OPEN MIKE NITE ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 6PM ALICE ANDERSON ■ TWIN TOWNS OZ ROCK BAND

FRIDAY 3

MONDAY 30 ■ TWEED HEADS BOWLS CLUB 11AM PAUL HAYMAN 6.30PM PETER JOHNSON

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TUESDAY 31

■ STOKERS SIDING HALL 15 MINUTES OF FAME

Send your gigs to gigs@echo.net.au tour together to celebrate the release of their brand new duet Galaxy. Not only will the duo showcase their numerous solo hits that have helped make them two of Australia’s

favourite stars, but they will also come together to perform an exclusive set of duets.

With sales in excess of 1.3 million units, Jessica Mauboy

Tenzin is well known to audiences around the world for his incredible voice and award-winning contemporary Tibetan music. The Tashi Lhumpo monks, regular visitors to Australia, play instruments such as the 10ft dung-chen horn used in the sacred rituals of Tibetan Buddhism. The evening concert at 7pm is a transformational experience with a mixture of meditation, music and monastic dance.

Kaivalya Meru Community Friday.

A Galaxy of stars For the first time ever, Australian pop music royalty Jessica Mauboy and Stan Walker will embark on a national

FIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE PLAY AT CURRUMBIN RSL ON THURSDAY

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st. elmo Opening hours: Mon-Wed: 4pm til late Thurs-Sun: Noon til late Lunch, Dinner, Tapas, Drinks Cnr Fletcher St and Lawson Lane, Byron Bay 6680 7426 66 Chinderah Bay Drive, Chinderah Ph 02 6674 1137 www.taphouse.com.au Open 7 days Lunch 12pm-2.30pm Dinner 5.30pm–8.30pm

Wilson’s by The Creek Open Fri, Sat, Sun Lunch 12-3pm Dinner 5-10pm 139 Newes Rd, Coorabell 6684 7348 Bookings essential

Alleys Currumbin RSL Club Currumbin Creek Road, Currumbin Open 7 days lunch and dinner 07 5534 7999 www.currumbin.com.au

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has come a very long way from her humble beginnings in Darwin.

In 2009 after winning Australian Idol, Stan Walker burst onto the music scene with his debut platinum album Introducing.

Get ready for a Galaxy of Hits from two of Australia’s brightest music stars! Twin Towns Friday.

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Salt Village, Kingscliff 6674 4833 dining@fins.com.au Dinner 7 days Lunch Fri, Sat & Sun GOOD FOOD GUIDE CHEFS HAT EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998

Blue Pacific Bistro Open 7 days Lunch: 12pm-2:30pm Dinner: 6pm-8:30pm, 6pm-9pm Fri & Sat Marine Parade, Kingscliff 02 6674 1404 www.kbbc.com.au

Horizons

Throughout daylight saving Alleys will open at 11.30am (QLD time) Enjoy award winning, contemporary dining along the banks of the picturesque Currumbin Creek

$250 $500

Lunch from 10.30am Dinner from 5.00pm Brunch Sundays from 10am Phone: (07) 5536 2277 or visit www.twintowns.com.au

Mount Warning Hotel

GuriGuru Gary Kafoa is a proud Indigenous man from the banks of the Tweed River whose father was a local tribal elder. He has a

structures has meant mixing didgeridoo with modern dance beats and his own funk percussion techniques.

Dr Greg is a veteran of over 40 years on bass with bands

Mt Warning Hotel Open 7 days 10am till late Bistro open daily 1497 Kyogle Rd, Uki 02 6679 5111

Santos Trading Warehouse

DJ Aqua LIVE every Sunday night in the Fins Bar. Join us for cocktails on our NEW SUNSET DECK daily from 5pm.

Mon-Thurs 9 to 5 Fridays 9 to 4 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 3/7 Brigantine Street, Byron Arts & Industry Park (02) 6685 5685

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long history as a local musician.

Using a mixture of traditional and modern instrumentation, Gary sings of what was passed down to him by his elders and contemporary issues that affect us all today: and trying to step outside traditional rock song

of every hue from deep funk to space-rock, and his lifelong interest in ethnic musical forms means he can supply unique groove assistance to the project.

The result is a new dimension in Indigenous storytelling born in the unique musical culture of

FINS is famous for serving the best seafood in Australia. We have now launched FINS EARTH. An exciting menu of the best steaks from Australia’s most premium producers. Choose your cut, choose how you would like it served.

NEW SUMMER MENU AVAILABLE

Monday night: Veal or Chicken Schnitzel + Middy – $14.00 Tues & Sun night: Traditional Roast Dinner + Dessert – $12.90 Wednesday night: Rump Steak, Chips & Salad Bar – $12.00 Thurs night: T-Bone Steak, Chips & Salad Bar + Middy – $14.00 Friday & Saturday night: SPECTACULAR DINNER SPECIALS Sat morning: Beachside Breakfast – cooked to order menu Sun morning: Beachside Breakfast – all you can eat hot & cold champagne buffet breakfast – $14.00

Overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the Jack Evans Boat Harbour at Twin Towns is Horizons restaurant. Enjoy a friendly atmosphere with casual indoor or al fresco dining where you can take in our spectacular views. Bring a friend to Horizons for High Tea available Monday to Saturday in the afternoon from 2.30pm to 4.30pm for an extra special afternoon delight!

One of the region’s great old country pubs. Delicious food, bistro open for lunch everyday from 12-2pm, dinner Thursday to Sunday from 6-8pm. Children’s playground, relaxing beer garden. Curry night on Thursday, raffles and member’s draw on Friday, punter’s draw on Saturday and on Sunday there is a delicious roast.

Small enough for personal care, large enough to offer competitive prices. Santos has been supplying high quality biodynamic, organic, natural foods, and healthy products since 1975. We continue our commitment to sourcing as locally as possible. Santos is the home of Rainfed Rice–zero irrigation, certified biodynamic, as local as you can get, and the most delicious rice you’re likely to find. Visit rainfedrice.com.au for more info, or visit our online store at santostrading.com.au. Eat well.

the NSW North Coast.

Together, they are GuriGuru – see them at the Sheoak Shack Saturday.

Get on your indie, alternative roots Benny D Williams, a indie/ alternative/roots solo singer songwriter, lyrical tunes with soul, feeling and great to see live. Honest, intriguing, sounds and movements that move away from the norm.

Hooton and the Apathy Geoff Hooton is a multiinstrumentalist and vocalist who has previously played in bands such as george and The Montgomery Clifts. His music has been described as a mix of Minus the Bear, Ben Folds and The Police. In 2010 he released a solo album entitled This Apathy Feels Alright. In 2011 he began rehearsing a band to play the album live which features Jeff Paton on drums, Mitch Reid on guitars and Tom Green on synths, thus Hooton and the Apathy was born. Currumbin SoundLounge Friday.

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Discover Wilson’s By The Creek Restaurant tucked away in the Byron hinterland. Newly open to the public, the elegant restaurant offers a truly gourmet experience, accompanied by Peppers renowned personal service.

Savour the incredible flavours of the hinterland for a romantic dinner or gathering with friends, as Head Chef Adam Hall inspires you with his seasonal menu brimming with local produce.

Shop 5, 60 Marine Parade, SPECIAL Kingscliff (next to Subway) Mon – Fri 7am – 9am 6674 5822 Regular Coffee Open 7 days 9am-5pm

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The ‘Chindy’ is an ideal place to bring family and friends of all ages for a real country pub experience. Kick back and watch the kids play on our brand new playground while you enjoy an ice cold beer and a dozen of our famous $12 oysters on the deck overlooking the Tweed river. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner, with afternoon entertainment on the weekends. Come and see why everyone is talking about the new Chinderah Tavern.

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www.stelmodining.com Enjoy great company, delicious food, tasteful wines and sophisticated cocktails. Our modern Spanish menu, combining fresh and flavoursome ingredients, goes hand in hand with our extensive and careful selected wine list - featuring a unique selection of locan and imported wines. Kick back with friends and share tapas, enjoy a main meal to yourself or relax at the bar.

There's something to please everyone.

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The Bangalow Dining Rooms at the Bangalow Hotel produces great food using predominantly local produce. The beautiful restaurant space on the high verandah and intimate dining room hosts a modern menu. Enjoy our bistro menu in the pub all day. With reasonable prices, generous portions and a kids menu, our delicious menu will appeal to all.

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‘ABBA’ PLAY AT CURRUMBIN RSL ON THURSDAY

A man of a million guises (well musical ones anyway) Benny D Williams is in to take you on a journey into sound and, well, sound. A mix of surf folk, to gentle urban country pop, whatever it is he does, he does it really well.

Direct from the coast of gold, Benny D Williams brings his pumped-up folk to our ears.

With a growing groundswell of support, Benny will place his Live Music continued on page 16

INLAND SEA PLAY AT CURRUMBIN SOUNDLOUNGE ON THURSDAY

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s r a t S with Lilith Boom crash, enter the year of Ren Chen the Water Dragon, who places this year’s focus on fluids and, according to Eastern astrologers, ends the past sixteen years’ inharmonious cycle of plummeting luck…

 A RIES: The Dragon Year’s dramatic roar tends to morph forthright Aries into blazing flamethrowers issuing Krakatoan communications. Fortunately this year’s more circumspect Water Dragon should enable you to keep both lips firmly pressed together whilst distilling your boiling thoughts and opinions into cooler pearls of wisdom.  T

AURUS: Cautious Taurans aren’t likely to go overboard even in a daring Dragon year, though you might venture more flamboyantly from your normal comfort zone. This year’s gift is the deep appreciation of the ephemeral nature of existence as, like good or bad dreams, conditions constantly change.  G EMINI: Associated with festivals and celebrations, the magical Dragon’s full of vitality and constantly on the go. But like those old mariners’ maps warning Here Be Dragons, unless your enthusiastic ideas are contained and not dissipated this year, they’re likely to fizzle out or go up in smoke.  C ANCER: The bossy, grandiose Dragon isn’t sentimental, romantic or particularly sensitive about whose feelings it offends, so the heavy duty Crabshell will be necessary during this year’s more trying times. But the Dragon’s gift of unsinkable buoyancy could certainly lift and inspire those cyclic periods of

Cancerian pessimism.  L EO: Majestic and dazzling, charming and demanding – remind you of anyone? Major good fortune symbol in Chinese astrology, the dashing Dragon’s year brings some soaring successes. With the warning tag that getting swept away with dragon-dreams of grandeur could result in just as spectacular failures.  VI RGO: Not bothering with trivialities, the daring Dragon rushes in where angels fear to tread, so this year your Virgo attention to detail and perusal of fine print will be invaluable. Ditto your sensible approach to decision making, a welcome balance to the dragon’s rash impulses.  L IBRA: Providing you stay unspooked by the fireworks, those Libran skills of diplomacy, conciliation and conflict resolving will be in big demand throughout this forceful, tempestuous year, during which your awesome ability to turn raging situations into learning curves and dragons into allies gets a serious workout.  S CORPIO: Like Scorpios, charismatic Dragon’s a born leader whose presence and magnetism can attract spectacular good fortune. Or, if you’re headstrong, stubborn and wilful, catastrophic losses. But the powerful Dragon can’t sit on a secret, so keeping your own counsel gives you wily ones an edge this year.

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 S AGITTARIUS: The direct, decisive Dragon is regarded as corresponding to the western zodiac’s lucky sign (yourself) as it brings blessings of wealth, virtue, harmony and longevity. Don’t, however, be so intent on progressing forward towards your good fortune that you neglect to protect your rear this year.  C APRICORN: Financial upheaval, natural disasters: a dragon year’s never dull. The Mighty D thinks big, but while this year’s fortunes can be enormous, failures are also grand scale. Best case scenario? This year will keep your inner fire stoked towards achieving that special mission or project.  A QUARIUS: Like Aquarians, the Dragon’s a natural pioneer, innovative and independent, but too bent on doing things its own way to be nurturing. A bit arrogant as well, so this year needs the balance of kindness, humility and devotion towards a healing personal goal or heartfelt cause.  PISCES: This Water Dragon year of fluid movement definitely gets ideas flowing and creativity flourishing. But its inspirational, motivational, tidalwave momentum brings both fabulous rides and unceremonious dumping which require in-depth and quite humbling reality checks. Fireworks in the love and romance department too…

Mungo’s Crossword

Continued crowd in the present with his rich vocal, and stylish strumming. Constantly working the road and all the pitstops, he’ll have many a tale from the road and even an insight or two into love love love.

Sheaoak Shack Sunday.

GURI GURU PLAY THE SHEOAK SHACK ON SATURDAY

Cher and ABBA broadfoot play at the riverview murwillumbah on thursday

One of Queensland’s most exciting and sought-after show bands brings you a tribute to the legendary pop diva Cher and the ever–popular dancing band ABBA.

Showcasing Kate O’Reilly, the voice behind the rich and famous. Chosen from thousands of performers Australia wide, Kate O’Reilly performed as Cher on Channel Nine’s TV show Starstruck. Kate is one of Australia’s most in-demand singer impressionists as she takes on the looks, sound and performance of Cher. Amazing and outrageous costumes bring a visual delight to the stage with hit songs, Turn Back Time, I’ve Found Someone, I’ve Got You Babe, It’s In His Kiss and so many more.

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The ABBA element of the show is brought to you by a great line-up of musicians and singers.

Together they have the moves, the music and the looks to bring back those golden moments.

The ABBA show also brings their very own Fernando (the guitar player). This show puts together all the greatest hits bringing you a show packed full of fun, music and exciting entertainment. So join Currumbin RSL for this starstuck afternoon of entertainment on Sunday.

A New Year’s Hi to All You Fifteen Minutes of Fame Fans The energy is building for kicking off another year of live, local entertainment at Stokers Siding via our little First Friday of the Month soiree.

We are delighted to be featuring the Spanish-style dance ensemble El Bari for our first show of 2012 on the 3rd February.

Different, exciting and captivating. Stokers Siding Hall Friday February 3.

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Quick Clues

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 1. Escape clause, way out (8) 6. Ill will, evil intent (6) 9. Expression of surprise, as in well, who’d have thought it? (5,3,5) 10 Game bird, especially in Scotland (6) 11. Small clinging shell fish, limpet (8) 13. Height of excitement (5,5) 15. Way through a mountain range (4) 16, Celebration, festival (4) 18. One who broadcasts a bulletin of current events (10) 21. Novel by Franz Kafka (2,5) 22. Scattered, scanty (6) 23. Phrase similar to 9 across (5,3,5) 25. Legal professional (6) 26. In Australia, left aspect of a vehicle facing forward (4,4)

ACROSS 1. John from Gdansk keeps hot! Way out! (8) 6. Wild camel, one with evil intent (6) 9. Unrestricted whores contest? Who’d have thought it! (5,3,5) 10. Beaut bird (6) 11. Wonderfully clean bra – it hangs on (8) 13. Iron out perv with desire for frantic excitement (5,5) 15. Overtake Col (4) 16. A delay? Turn back for the fiesta (4) 18. For the first time, uncomfortable red arse? She may have one after a long bulletin! (10) 21. Work by Kafka: theatrical, but no account (3,5) 22. Scanty? Bet your butt! (6) 23. Blatantly, Mickey ruts elk – I’m shocked! (5,3,5) 25. Chook ingests wolfram – needs an advocate (6) 26. Close to the team, closest to the gutter (4,4)

DOWN 2. See, take notice of (7) 3. Bulging, sticking out (11) 4. Overweight (5) 5. Shoe, display (7) 6. Father of the wool industry (9) 7. Lavatory (3) 8. Fortresses, also chess pieces (7) 12. Outward shows, aspects (11) 14. Slang term for racing dog (3-6) 17. Inability to read or speak clearly (7) 19. Movie monster who met Abbott and Costello (7) 20. Tried, attempted (7) 22. South American dance (5) 24. Beam. Glint of light (3)

Last week’s solution

DOWN 2. Alumnus to start the game, see? (7) 3. Put the potato in for the worker – it’s sticking out (11) 4. Corpulent cardinal after decorations (5) 5. Display greeting book in the way out (7) 6. Chart rum – a devious enemy of Governor Bligh (9) 7. John’s game (3) 8. Rooks select Patterson in the role!

(7) 12. Shows about capers around the favourite (11) 14. Selected clear pink for the racing greyhound (3-6) 17. Backward parent, hot and continent – it’s a mental problem (7) 19. Female ingests a litre of fluorine, becomes a movie monster (7) 20. Tried, but came out as seedy (7) 22. Saucy dance (5) 24. Beam at Charles (3) Mungo’s Crossword first published in The Week.

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Television Guide

Saturday 28

1. Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor positively simmer with passion in A Place In The Sun (ABC2, Saturday, 8.30pm), the 1951 Oscar-winning film from Theodore Dreiser’s morality tale An American Tragedy, in which Clift gets the rich girl (Taylor) and poor old Shelley Winters gets the shaft and the unwanted pregnancy. Samson gets shafted later that evening on the same channel.

2. Wuxia is Chinese fiction following the adventures of martial artists. The nameless protagonist of Hero (SBS1, Sunday, 9.30pm), played by the talented and extremely fast Jet Li, is sort of the eastern equivalent of the spaghetti western gunfighter. As in westerns, in this wuxia the landscape is a character of immense significance, beautifully and astonishingly filmed. Li’s character is based upon Jing Ke, the swordsman who attempted to assassinate the King of Qin in 227BC. You can read the history at http://history.cultural-china. com/en/47History1825.html.

Friday 27 ABC 1

4.00 W-League Football 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Time Team 11.00 Chopper Rescue 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Dalziel And Pascoe 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’ Programs

6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 My Family 8.30 Midsomer Murders (M) 10.05 Getting On (M)

7.00 Kung Fu Kitchen 7.35 Brick City 8.30 Cinema Asia China 9.30 Movie: Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (M 2002) Mandarin drama

11.25 Movie: Jan Dara (MA 2001) Thai drama 1.30 Weatherwatch

TEN

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.30 Everyday Gourmet 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 10.35 Late Edition News 10.45 Adam Ready Steady Cook 3.00 The Biggest Hills In Gordon St Tonight 11.45 rage Loser 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 4.30 The (MA) Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.30 The Last Man Standing Nagaland India (M) 9.30 Top Boy (MA) 10.20 I’m A Boy Anorexic (M)

ELEVEN

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Coast 8.30 Empire Of The Seas 9.30 Chronicle of the Third Reich 10.30 World News Australia

10.40 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cash Call (M) 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven

ONE HD

6.00 Omnisport 6.30 RPM 7.00 Ironman World Championships 9.00 MotoGP Classic 10.00 NFL Total Access 11.00 Crash Test Humans 12.00 Omnisport 12.30 Airline 1.30 Orangutan Diary 2.00 Beach Patrol 2.30 Big Fish 3.00 11.05 Movie: My Name Is Juani (MA True Heroes 3.30 Airline 4.00 Jeopardy!

2006) Spanish comedy 12.45 Movie: 4.30 Beach Patrol 5.00 I Fish Idiot Love (MA 2004) Spanish comedy 6.00 M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 2.25 Weatherwatch

7.00 Cops 7.30 Megabridges 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 8.30 An Idiot Abroad (M) 6.00 Global Village 9.30 Miami Swat (M) 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary 10.30 NBL Basketball Adventures Wollongong v Melbourne

SBS 2

ABC 2

1

6.00 Kids’ Program

7.00 Whites (M) 7.30 A Boy Called Alex 8.30 Movie: A Place In The Sun (PG 1951) US drama.

Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor 10.30 Movie: Samson And Delilah (PG 1949) US drama. Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature

ABC NEWS 24

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12.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 1.30 NBN Omnisport 2.00 Australian Superboat 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 10.00 Kids’ Championship Review 3.00 Liverpool Programs 10.30 Fourth Cricket Test LIVE Football – Australia v India 1.00 The Cricket Show 1.30 Cricket continues PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Evening News 9.30 That ’70s Show 10.00 Seven 7.00 A Current Affair News 10.30 Dr Oz 11.30 According 7.30 Two And A Half Men To Jim 12.00 Movie: Derby (PG 2007) 8.30 Movie: S.W.A.T. (M 2003) US drama. John Schneider, Dylan US action. Colin Farrell, McLaughlin 2.00 That ’70s Show 2.30 Samuel L Jackson Australian Open Tennis – LIVE 11.00 Movie: Ballistic (M 2002) US 6.00 Prime News action. Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu 1.00 6.30 Seven News Movie: Macbeth (AV 2006) Australian drama. Sam Worthington, Victoria 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 Australian Open Tennis Hill 3.00 Skippy 3.30 Entertainment Tonight 4.00 Danoz 4.30 Good Morning LIVE 10.30 Movie: Valkyrie (M 2008) America

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 5.00 Movie: Innerspace (PG 1987) US comedy.

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Dr Oz Dennis Quaid, Martin Short 8.30 Sons And Daughters 9.00 Home 7.30 Movie: The Last Starfighter (PG 1984) US And Away 9.30 Shortland Street adventure. Lance Guest, 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Night Robert Preston Court 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 9.30 Movie: Contact (M 1997) US drama. Jodie Foster, 12.00 Young Ramsay 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 The Emeril Lagasse Show 3.00 Matthew McConaughey Murphy Brown 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 12.30 Seinfeld 1.00 Spin City 1.30 Mad About You 4.30 Who’s The Boss? Undercovers (M) 2.30 Reno 911 (M) 5.00 Doctor Finlay 5.00 Bratz 5.30 Tamagotch!

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Zeppelin 9.40 60 Minute Makeover (PG 1971) WWI drama. Michael York, 10.40 The Lakes 11.10 Movie: Elke Sommer 2.00 RPA 3.00 Friends Sideways (M 2004) US comedy. Paul 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church 1.45 Degeneres Show Mad About You 2.15 Who’s The Boss? 6.00 Friends 2.40 The Emeril Lagasse Show 3.30 7.00 The Zoo Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 The Real Seachange 7.30 David Attenborough’s The Giant Egg 5.00 Designing Women 5.30 Home 8.30 Law & Order (M) Shopping

7MATE

6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Baywatch 3.00 Motor Mate 4.30 Monster Garage 5.30 Pimp My Ride

9.30 Prime Suspect (M)

11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Psychic TV 2.00 Law & Order (M) 3.00 Movie: All Neat In Black Stockings (M 1969) UK comedy. Victor Henry, Susan George 5.00 Murder, She Wrote

7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Mighty Structures 8.30 Paradise Lost (M) 9.30 Is It Real 10.30 Freak Encounters

11.30 Cops, Cars And Superstars 12.30 Adam 12 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Baywatch 5.00 The A Team

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4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 ABC News 6.00 Tonic 6.30 Message Stick 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 Big Ideas 8.45 Finance Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 Big Ideas 9.45 Environment Quarter 10.00 ABC News 10.30 State To State 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Catalyst 12.00 ABC News 12.30 7.30 Select 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC News 2.30 Message Stick 3.00 ABC News 3.30 Foreign Correspondent 4.00 ABC News 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 5.30 One Plus One 6.00 ABC News 6.30 Australian Story 7.00 ABC News 7.30 The World This Week 8.00 Four Corners 8.45 Health Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 State To State 10.00 ABC News 10.30 7.30 Select 11.00 ABC News 11.30 Foreign Correspondent 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News 1.30 Tonic 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 Message Stick

Townsville

2005) US adventure. Tim 12.30 The Ultimate Fighter (M) 1.30 Robbins, Dax Shepard Omnisport 2.00 Bundesliga Football 3.30 Serie A Football 5.30 Omnisport 8.40 Lotto

9.35 Movie: License To Wed (M 2007) US comedy.

6.00 Kids’ Programs 7.00 Weekend Robin Williams, Mandy Sunrise 9.00 Kids’ Programs 1.30 Moore 12.45 Movie: Evil (MAV 2003) Swedish Movie: Rebound (G 2004) US comedy.

PRIME

Martin Lawrence, Breckin Myer 3.30 11.35 Movie: Suspect Zero (AV 2004) US thriller. Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart Australian Open Tennis – LIVE 1.35 Movie: Peeping Tom (M 1960) UK 6.00 Kids’ Programs 10.00 Hot30 6.00 Seven News thriller. Anna Massey, Shirley Anne Field Countdown 12.00 Radar 12.30 Hit 6.30 Australian Open Tennis 3.30 Skippy 4.00 Infomercials LIVE – Women’s singles Rater.Com 1.00 Life Unexpected 2.00 GO! final Everyday Gourmet 2.30 Go Forth And Multiply 3.30 Making Tracks 4.00 10.30 Movie: Unbreakable (M 6.00 Kids’ Programs 2.30 Married With 2000) US drama. Bruce Children 3.30 Spin City 4.30 Dukes Of Escape With ET 5.00 Ten News Willis, Samuel L Jackson Hazzard 5.30 Total Wipeout 6.30 Movie: Night At The 12.45 Movie: Deranged (M 2002) US 6.30 Top Gear USA Museum – Battle Of The Smith (PG 2009) US crime. Jobeth Williams, Jason Brooks 7.30 Movie: Doc Hollywood (PG 1991) US comedy. comedy. Ben Stiller, Amy 2.45 Home Shopping drama 2.45 Weatherwatch

TEN

12.30 Top Boy (MA) 1.25 The Wire (MA) Adams 2.20 ABC News 2.25 Close 8.40 The Graham Norton

6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 Infomercial 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of 6.00 Australian Open Tennis LIVE Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 7.30 SeaChange The Brady Bunch 8.40 Escape To The Country

6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Neighbours 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond SBS 1 7.30 The Simpsons 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 9.00 Sex And The City (MA) 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Protype This 2.30 The Squiz 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

6.30 The Biggest Chinese 7.00 ABC News Restaurant In The World 7.30 New Tricks 7.30 Australian Track Cycling 8.30 Accused (M) Championships 9.35 The Jonathan Ross Show 10.30 Movie: The Piano 10.20 Ashes To Ashes (M) Teacher (MA 2001) French 11.15 Australia Celebrates 2012 12.15 drama rage (MA)

6.00 The Project US drama. Tom Cruise, 7.00 Glee Kenneth Branagh 8.00 Movie: Night At The 1.00 Movie: The Mudge Boy (AV 2003) US drama. Emile Hirsch, Richard Jenkins Museum (PG 2006) US comedy. Ben Stiller, Robin 3.00 Home Shopping Williams 7TWO 10.20 Medium (M)

11.20 The Late Show 12.20 Movie: Harlem Nights (M 1989) US comedy.

11.20 Being Human (M) 1.20 Root Of Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor 2.30 All Evil (M) 1.40 ABC News 1.45 Close Valentine (M) 3.30 Infomercials 5.00 Religion ABC NEWS 24 4.00 7.30 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.45 Consumer Quarter 6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Contact Sport 8.00 ABC News 8.30 One Plus One 9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 One Plus One 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 One Plus One

Games 11.30 WWE Experience 12.30 NBN NFL America’s Game 1.30 Crash Test 12.00 Movie: The Protector (MA 2005) Humans 2.30 True Heroes 3.30 Shark 6.00 Danoz 7.00 Weekend Today 9.00 ABC 1 Thai action 1.30 The Jaquie Brown Island 4.30 Places We Go 5.30 M*A*S*H Kids’Programs 10.30 Fourth Cricket Test 5.00 rage (PG) 11.00 Adventures In Diaries (M) 2.00 Weatherwatch LIVE – Australia v India 1.00 The Cricket 6.00 I Fish Architecture 12.00 My Family 12.30 Show 1.30 Cricket continues 6.30 The WWE Experience Best Of Australian Story 1.00 WNBL SBS 2 6.00 NBN News Basketball – Logan v Adelaide 2.50 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 7.30 Fear Factor 6.30 Australia’s Funniest 8.30 Cops (M) W-League Football Grand Final 5.00 6.00 A Fork In The Home Videos

9.30 48 Hours (M) The Oldest Living Tasmanian: The Huon 7.30 Movie: Zathura – A Mediterranean Spain 1

0.30 NBL Basketball Perth v Pine 5.25 Travel Oz 5.55 The Great Rift Space Adventure (PG

7TWO

6.30 Kids’ Programs 8.00 Home Show (M) Shopping 9.00 Better Homes And 9.40 Movie: X-Men Origins – Gardens 10.00 The Great Outdoors 11.00 Queensland Weekender 11.30 Wolverine (M 2009) US Great South East 12.00 Creek To Creek action. Hugh Jackman, 12.30 The Travel Bug 1.30 Weekend Liev Schrieber 12.00 Movie: Seed Of Chucky (AV Kitchen 4.30 Petkeeping 5.00 Digging 2004) Romanian comedy. Brad Dourif, Deep 5.30 Rising Damp Jennifer Tilly 2.00 Infomercials 4.00 6.00 On The Buses 6.30 Down To Earth Religion

Eleven

6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 Infomercial 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 9.00 The Loop 11.30 Family Ties 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch

6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 Frasier 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 8.30 Frasier SBS 1 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 5.00 World News 5.05 World News 9.30 Star Trek: Voyager 1.00 Ballet: Le Rendez-vous 1.35 The 10.30 Hot30 Countdown

7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Taggart (M)

10.40 Rome (M) 11.50 Movie: Single White Female 2 (AV 2005) US thriller.

Kristen Miller, Allison Lange 1.50 The Travel Bug 2.45 The Real Seachange 3.15 Australian Open Tennis 2011: Djokovic v Murray

7MATE

6.00 Malcolm And Eddie 6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 Adam 12 8.00 Home Shopping 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Man V Food 3.00 The Rockford Files 5.00 The Drew Carey Show 5.30 Monster Fish

6.30 Mighty Structures 7.30 Mega Movers 8.30 Shockwave 9.30 Mega Disasters 10.30 The Universe

Michael J Fox, Julie Warner 9.40 Movie: Down To Earth (PG 2001) US comedy.

Chris Rock, Regina King

11.40 South Park (MA) 12.40 Movie: Anaconda Trail Of Blood (AV 2008) Romanian action. Crystal Allen, Calin Stanciu 2.30 Total Wipeout UK 3.30 Top Gear USA 4.30 The City 5.00 Bratz 5.30 Tamagotchi

GEM

6.00 Movie: Zeppelin (PG 1971) WWI drama. Michael York, Elke Sommer 8.00 Infomercials 9.30 Movie: The Lavender Hill Mob (G 1951) UK comedy. Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway 11.10 Movie: The Third Man (PG 1949) UK mystery. Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles 1.20 Movie: Viva Las Vegas (G 1964) US comedy. Elvis Presley, Ann Margret 3.10 Movie: The Women (PG 1939) US comedy. Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer

6.00 The Golden Girls 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 8.30 CSI: NY (M) 9.30 CSI: Miami (M) 10.30 CSI (M)

11.30 Conan (M) 12.20 Psychic TV 1.50 Movie: The Servant (M 1963) UK drama. Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles 4.00 Movie: The Day The Earth Caught Fire (PG 1962) UK drama. Edward Judd, 11.30 Movie: The Eiger Sanction Janet Munro 7.30 Monster Moves (M 1975) US action. Clint Eastwood ONE HD 8.30 RocKwiz George Kennedy 2.00 The Incredible 9.30 Movie: Black Book (MAV 6.00 Ironman WA 2011 7.00 Ironman Hulk 3.00 Wagon Train 4.00 Magnum Series: Newcastle 10.00 World Of Free 2006) Dutch thriller Sports 10.30 X Venture Corporate PI 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping New Rijksmuseum 2.35 Leonardo da 12.30 The Hit Rater.com 2.00 Cheers Vinci 3.55 The Beauty Of Books 4.30 2.30 Roseanne 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Newshour 5.35 Hot Cities Sabrina The Teenage Witch 4.30 Frasier 6.30 World News Australia 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager

Sunday 29 ABC 1

5.00 rage (PG) 6.30 Kids’ Programs 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The World This Week 10.00 ABC News 10.40 Christianity 11.30 Songs Of Praise 12.00 Cane Toads 1.00 7.30 Select 1.30 Movie: Miss Potter (G 2007) UK biography.

Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor 3.00 Dianne Reeves 4.00 Elaine Paige 5.00 The Prime Minister Is Missing

6.00 Cane Toads 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Grand Designs 8.30 Zen: Cabal (M) 10.00 Orchids: My Intersex Adventure (M)

6.30 World News Australia 7.30 A History Of Ancient Britain 8.30 Race And Intelligence 9.30 Movie: Hero (M 2002) Mandarin action

11.15 Movie: The Sovereign’s 8.30 Movie: Max Payne (M 2008) Canadian action.

Servant (MAV 2008) Russian action Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis 1.25 Weatherwatch 10.35 NBL Basketball – GC v Cairns SBS 2 12.35 Bundesliga Football 1.35 Serie 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News A Football 3.35 FA Cup Classic 4.05 6.00 More Than A Fiesta Magic Of The FA Cup 5.35 Omnisport

6.30 The Biggest Chinese Restaurant In The World 7.30 Australian Track Cycling Championships 10.30 Movie: My Wife Is An Actress (M 2001) French comedy

11.00 Movie: Valentine’s Day (M 2008) Australian comedy. Rhys Muldoon, Anita Hegh 12.40 Grand Designs 1.30 What The Future Sounded Like 2.00 12.10 Weatherwatch The Story Of India 3.00 rage

ABC 2

Of Free Sports 10.30 Fear Factor Lawrence, Luke Wilson 11.30 Airline 12.00 UFC LIVE – Evans 1 0.30 Movie: Open Water (M v Davis (M) 1.00 Demolition Derbies 2003) US drama. Daniel 2.00 Jaguar Adventure 3.00 Places Travis, Blanchard Ryan We Go 5.00 Mark Webber Challenge 12.10 Caprica (M) 1.00 The Incredible 6.00 Big Fish Hulk 2.00 Knight Rider 3.00 Wagon 6.30 Nature’s Power Revealed Train 4.00 Magnum PI 5.00 Ned And 7.30 Ice Road Truckers Stacey 5.30 Home Shopping

TEN

PRIME

6.00 Religion 7.00 Weekend Sunrise 10.00 Business Builders 10.30 Under The Hammer 11.00 Movie: Wizards Of Waverly Place (G 2007) US comedy. Selena Gomez, David Henrie 1.00 Movie: Princess Protection Program (G 2009) US comedy. Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato 3.00 Australian Open Tennis LIVE – Mixed Doubles Final

6.00 Religion 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 6.00 Seven News 7.00 Video Killed The Radio Hot30 Countdown 12.00 Good Chef 6.30 Australian Open Tennis Bad Chef 12.30 All 4 Adventure 1.00 Star Sting LIVE – Men’s Singles Final 4x4 Adventures 2.00 Ironman Series: 7.30 Dragon’s Den 10.30 Castle (M) Perth 5.00 Ten News 8.30 Sunday Best (M) 11.30 Forensic Investigators (M) 12.30 6.00 The Project 10.00 The Jonathan Ross Show 6.30 Young Talent Time Home Shopping 5.30 News 10.45 London Live: Katy Perry 11.15 7TWO Elbow With The BBC Concert Orchestra 7.30 Modern Family 6.30 Route 66 7.30 Ugly Betty 8.30 12.15 Beautiful Noise: Stars Of Track 8.00 New Girl

8.30 Homeland (M) Home Shopping 9.30 Home And Away And Field 1.10 Junkyard Wars 2.00 ABC 9.35 NCIS (M) 11.50 Movie: The Petty Girl (G 1950) News 2.05 Close 10.35 Medium (M) 11.35 Movie: Thank US biography. Robert Cummings, Joan ABC NEWS 24 You For Smoking (M 2006) US comedy. Caufield 1.35 Movie: How To Commit 4.00 Big Ideas 5.00 Newshour 6.00 Aaron Eckhart, William H Macy 1.30 Marriage (PG 1969) US comedy. Leslie Australian Story 6.30 Message Stick Infomercials 4.00 Religion Nielsen, Bob Hope 3.45 Movie: Robin 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 Select 8.00 And Marian (PG 1976) US adventure.

ABC News 8.30 Big Ideas 8.45 Food Eleven Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn Quarter 9.00 ABC News 9.30 The 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 6.30 On The Buses World This Week 10.00 ABC News Infomercial 8.30 Everybody Loves 6.30 Dad’s Army 10.30 State To State 11.00 ABC News Raymond 9.00 Touched By An Angel 7.00 Worst Week Of My Life 11.30 One Plus One 12.00 ABC News 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love 7.40 The Thin Blue Line 12.30 Tonic 1.00 Big Ideas 2.00 ABC Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 8.20 South News 2.30 Message Stick 3.00 ABC MacGyver 3.00 King Of Queens 3.30 News 3.30 Australian Story 4.00 ABC Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family 8.50 Escape To The Country News 4.30 State To State 5.00 ABC Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady 9.50 60 Minute Makeover 10.50 Homes Under The Hammer 12.00 News 5.30 Catalyst 6.00 ABC News Bunch 6.30 Foreign Correspondent 7.00 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch The World At War 1.00 Route 66 2.00 ABC News 7.30 One Plus One 8.00 6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond Naked City 2.30 Movie: Anonymous Rex (M 2004) US mystery. Sam After The Deluge 9.00 ABC News 7.30 Futurama Trammell, Daniel Baldwin 4.00 Leyland 9.30 State To State 10.00 ABC News 8.30 Movie: Naked Gun 33 10.30 The World This Week 11.00 1/3 – The Final Insult (PG Brothers World 5.00 Home Shopping ABC News 11.30 Australian Story 1994) US comedy. Leslie 7MATE 12.00 Big Ideas 1.00 BBC World News Nielsen, Priscilla Presley 1.30 7.30 Select 2.00 Newshour 3.00 10.15 Everybody Loves Raymond 6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible BBC World News 3.30 Message Stick 10.45 Family Ties 11.20 Cheers 11.50 Hulk 8.30 Home Shopping 9.30 Ned And Stacey 10.00 The Jeff Foxworthy Roseanne 12.30 Sabrina 1.00 King Of Show 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight SBS 1 Queens 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Man V Food 5.00 World News 8.30 PopAsia 10.30 FIFA World Cup 2014 11.00 Football Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Touched By 3.00 The Rockford Files 5.00 Drew Carey An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven Show 5.30 That ’70s Show Feature 12.00 Dakar Review 12.30 6.30 Smash Lab Speedweek 2.00 World News 3.00 First ONE HD Australians 4.00 2012 National Futsal 6.00 Bundesliga Football 7.00 NBL 7.30 Mythbusters Championships 5.00 Cycling Central Basketball – Wollongong v Melbourne 8.30 Movie: Blue Streak (M 6.00 Thalassa 1999) US action. Martin 9.00 Omnisport 9.30 RPM 10.00 World 6.00 Kids’ Programs

NBN

6.00 Home Shopping 7.00 Weekend Today 10.00 Surfsport 11.00 Discover Downunder 11.30 Kids’ Programs 2.00 Wildfire 3.00 Jessica Watson 4.00 The Gurus Explore Thailand 5.00 NBN News 5.30 Antiques Roadshow

6.00 NBN News 6.30 The Big Bang Theory 7.30 60 Minutes 8.30 The Mentalist (M) 10.30 CSI: NY (M)

11.30 Flashpoint (M) 12.30 Memphis Beat (M) 1.30 Spyforce 2.30 Home Shopping 4.00 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 The City 12.30 Manly Surf 1.00 I Dream Of Jeannie 1.30 Bewitched 2.30 Spin City 3.30 The Bachelor 5.30 Total Wipeout UK

6.30 Michael Jackson’s This Is It 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Romeo Must Die (MA 2000) US action. Jet Li, Aaliyah

11.40 South Park (M) 12.00 Gossip Girl (M) 1.00 The Hills 1.30 Reno 911 (M) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM

6.00 Infomercials 6.30 Movie: Lucky Jim (G 1957) UK comedy. Terry Thomas 8.30 Infomercials 10.00 Movie: On The Buses (PG 1971) UK comedy. Reg Varney 11.50 Movie: Father’s Doing Fine (G 1952) UK comedy. Richard Attenborough, Heather Thatcher 1.30 Movie: Prisoners Of The Casbah (G 1953) US adventure. Gloria Grahame, Cesar Romero 3.00 Getaway 3.35 Movie: Kelly’s Heroes (PG 1970) WWII drama. Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas

6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Prime Minister 8.40 Movie: A Perfect Murder (M 1998) US drama. Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow

10.45 Movie: The Mothman Prophecies (M 2002) US drama.

Laura Linney, Richard Gere 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 Adventures In Rainbow Country 5.30 Today

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MONDAY 30 ABC 1

7.30 Who’s Line Is It Anyway? NBN 8.30 Carl Barron (M) 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 (MA) 1.05 Movie: The Guard Post 10.00 Blue Bloods (M) Home Shopping 12.00 The Ellen (MAV 2008) South Korean thriller

4.00 Chaser’s War On Everything (M) 3.20 Weatherwatch 4.30 Can We Help? 5.00 Gardening Australia 5.30 State To State 6.00 ABC SBS 2 News 10.00 Time Team 11.00 Landline 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 12.00 Midday Report 12.40 Monarch 6.00 Global Village Of The Glen 1.30 The Free Range Cook 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’Programs Adventures

6.00 The Drum 7.00 Kung Fu Kitchen 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Surviving A Car Crash 7.30 7.30 8.30 Science Under Attack 8.00 Best Of Australian Story 9.30 The World Game Sabina Wolanski 10.30 Movie: The Blood 8.30 Miracle In The Storm Brothers (M 1973) 9.30 Ben Lee: Catch My Mandarin action Disease (MA) 12.40 Weatherwatch 10.25 Lateline 11.00 The Business 11.30 Silent Witness (M) 12.25 Trial And Retribution (M) 1.10 Darling Buds Of May 2.00 The Story Of India 3.00 rage

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.15 Tropfest 8.30 Haven (M) 9.30 The Runaway (MA) 10.15 Dragon’s Den

11.15 Sanctuary (M) 12.00 How Do They Do It? 12.25 Zoo Days 12.50 Junkyard Wars 1.40 ABC News 1.45 Close

ABC NEWS 24

4.00 ABC News 4.05 The World This Week 4.30 One Plus One 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Health Quarter 6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 The Business 9.00 The World 10.00 The Drum 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World News 3.30 7.30

SBS 1

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia 1.30 Prototype This 2.30 ADbc 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Futbol Mundial 5.00 The Crew 5.30 Global Village

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 Freddie Flintoff Versus The World (M) 9.30 Wilfred (MA) 10.00 South Park (M) 10.30 World News Australia

11.05 The World Game 12.05 SOS

TEN

11.00 M*A*S*H 11.30 UFC – Evans Degeneres Show 1.00 The View 2.00 v Davis (M) 12.30 Omnisport 1.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Entertainment National Football League Tonight 3.30 Kids’ Programs 4.30 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat PRIME 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 6.00 NBN News 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: 7.00 A Current Affair King Arthur (M 2004) US action. Ioan 7.30 Excess Baggage Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen 2.30 Dr Oz 8.25 Lotto 3.30 Kid’s Programs 4.30 Seven News 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 9.00 The Mentalist (M) 11.00 Harry’s Law (M) 12.00 Damages 6.00 Prime News (M) 1.00 The Avengers 2.00 Infomercials 6.30 Seven News 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early 7.00 Home And Away Morning News 7.30 My Kitchen Rules

8.45 Please Marry My Boy 9.45 How I Met Your Mother

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 10.45 Sports Fever 11.45 Parking 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 Wars 12.10 Auction Squad 1.00 Home Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot The Circle 11.30 Everyday Gourmet Shopping 5.30 News Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 6.00 Seinfeld Ready Steady Cook 3.00 Judge Judy 7TWO 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Good Chef Bad 6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Bargain 6.30 Wipeout USA Chef 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful Hunt 8.30 Sons And Daughters 9.00 7.30 Top Gear Home And Away 9.30 Shortland Street 9.00 The Inbetweeners (MA) 5.00 Ten News 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Night 9.30 Movie: Get Shorty (MA 6.00 The Project Court 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 1995) US comedy. John 7.00 The Biggest Loser Beautiful Homes And Great Estates Travolta, Danne De Vito 8.00 Modern Family 12.00 Young Ramsay 1.00 Hart To Hart 12.10 South Park (M) 12.30 Fur TV (MA) 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M) 2.00 The Emeril Lagasse Show 3.00 1.00 The Hills 1.30 Reno 911 (MA) 2.00 9.30 Hawaii Five-O (M) Step By Step 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 10.30 Law & Order (M) Doctor At Large 4.30 Murphy Brown 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 11.30 The Late Show 12.30 Infomercials 5.00 Doctor Finlay 5.30 The Flintstones 4.00 Religion

ELEVEN

6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 Infomercial 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 On The Buses 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Movie: Milk (M 2008) US biography. Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch

11.15 Six Feet Under (M) 12.15 America’s Court 12.45 Bargain Hunt 1.40 The Emeril Lagasse Show 2.30 Australian Ark 4.00 Shortland Street 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 4.30 Coronation Street 5.00 Home 6.30 Neighbours Shopping

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Lease Of Life (G 1954) UK drama. Robert Donat, Denholm Elliott 2.00 RPA 3.00 As Time Goes By 3.30 Yes Prime Minister 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Denegeres Show

6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Friends 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Nile 9.30 Hell’s Kitchen (MA)

7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7MATE 7.30 Futurama 6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible 8.30 Smallville (PG/M) Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.30 Friends 12.30 Murder, She 10.30 The Late Late Show 10.00 NBC Meet The Press 11.00 Wrote 1.30 The Golden Girls 2.00 11.30 Cash Call (M) 1.30 Happy Days Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 A Team 2.00 Baywatch 3.00 Monster The Golden Girls 5.30 Today Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven Garage 4.00 Motor Mate 5.30 That ’70s Show ONE HD 6.00 Cairns Challenge Triathlon 6.30 My Wife And Kids 7.00 World Of Free Sports 7.30 Pro 7.00 How I Met Your Mother Bull Riding 8.30 NBL Basketball – 7.30 American Dad Perth v Townsville 10.30 RPM 11.00 8.30 Family Guy (M) Omnisport 11.30 Crash Test Humans 9.00 American Dad (M) 12.30 Orangutan Diary 1.00 Airline 9.30 Family Guy (M) 1.30 Beach Patrol 2.00 Fear Factor 3.00 10.30 American Dad (M) True Heroes 3.30 Airline 4.00 Jeopardy! 11.00 Scrubs 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 4.30 Beach Patrol 5.00 I Fish Wagon Train 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The 6.00 M*A*S*H Incredible Hulk 4.00 Baywatch 5.00 6.30 Get Smart Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

7.00 Cops

TUESDAY 31

E-Force 3.00 True Heroes 3.30 Airline 10.30 All Worked Up (M) 4.00 Jeopardy! 4.30 Beach Patrol 11.00 My Name Is Earl 12.00 Knight 5.00 I Fish 9.30 A Perfect Terrorist (M) Rider 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 Magnum ABC 1 PI 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 6.00 M*A*S*H 10.30 World News Australia 4.00 Chaser’s War On Everything (M) Baywatch 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home 11.05 Movie: Close To Home (M 2005) 6.30 Get Smart 4.30 Can We Help? 5.00 Gardening Shopping Hebrew drama 12.50 Mad Men 2.45 7.00 Cops Australia 5.30 State To State 6.00 Weatherwatch 7.30 Black Gold NBN ABC News 10.00 Time Team 11.00 8.30 Cops (M) Battlefield Mysteries 11.45 Picture SBS 2 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Perfect Homes 12.00 Midday Report 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 9.30 Rush (M) Home Shopping 12.00 The Ellen 11.30 M*A*S*H 12.00 24 (M) 1.00 The Degeneres Show 1.00 Excess 12.30 National Press Club Address 1.30 6.00 Global Village Meerkat Manor 2.00 Waterloo Road 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary League (MA) 1.30 Goodwood Revival Baggage 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Motorsport 2.30 Liverpool Football Entertainment Tonight 3.30 Kids’ 3.00 Kids’ Programs Adventures 5.30 Omnisport 6.00 The Drum Programs 4.30 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat 7.00 A Matter Of Taste

7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Nigella Kitchen 8.30 The Wild Ones: Cane Toads 9.55 Extraordinary School For Boys 10.25 Lateline

7.30 Lost Worlds The Forbidden City 8.30 As It Happened Buffalo Bill 9.30 Movie: Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (M 2003) Mandarin action

PRIME

6.00 NBN News 7.00 A Current Affair 7.30 Excess Baggage 8.30 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.30 AACTA (AFI) Awards (M)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: Love’s Unending Legacy (PG 2007) US drama.

Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff 2.30 Dr Oz 3.00 Surf Patrol 3.30 Kid’s Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 11.30 Men Of A Certain Age (M) 12.30 20/20 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good 11.35 Movie: 666 – In Bed With The 6.00 Prime News Morning America 5.00 Early Morning 11.00 The Business 11.30 Spooks (M) Devil (M 2002) German comedy 1.05 6.30 Seven News News 12.25 Trial And Retribution (M) 1.10 Weatherwatch 7.00 Home And Away Monarch Of The Glen 2.00 The Story 7.30 My Kitchen Rules GO! TEN Of India 3.00 rage 8.30 Movie: The Holiday (M 6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’ Programs 9.00 2006) US comedy. Kate ABC 2 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 The Circle 11.30 Everyday Gourmet Winslet, Cameron Diaz 6.00 Kids’ Programs 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 11.15 Parking Wars 11.45 That ’70s Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot 7.00 Spicks And Specks Ready Steady Cook 3.00 The Biggest Show 12.10 Auction Squad 1.00 Home Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs 6.00 Seinfeld 7.30 Doctor Who Loser 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 4.30 The Shopping 5.30 News 6.30 Wipeout USA 8.15 Tropfest Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

8.30 PhoneShop (M) 9.00 Commercial Kings 9.30 Green Wing (M) 10.25 Root Of All Evil (M)

6.00 The Project 7.00 The Biggest Loser 8.00 Bondi Vet 8.30 NCIS (M) 10.50 Arrested Development 11.15 10.30 Lie To Me (M)

Torchwood (M) 12.00 No Way San 11.30 Late Show 12.30 Infomercials Jose 12.30 Planet Rock Profiles: Nelly 4.00 Religion Furtado 1.00 Green Wing (M) 1.50 ABC ELEVEN News 1.55 Close 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 ABC NEWS 24 Infomercial 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 4.00 Lateline 4.30 The Business 5.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed National Press Club Address: Tony 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of Abbott 1.30 ABC News 2.30 Australia Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Indigenous Quarter The Brady Bunch 6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 7.30 8.30 The Business 9.00 The World 6.30 Neighbours 10.00 The Drum 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 7.30 The Simpsons 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network 8.00 Futurama News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World 8.30 The Simpsons News 3.30 7.30

SBS 1

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Les Misérables (PG 1995) Part 3 of French drama 2.45 Spacefiles 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Make Me Live Forever

9.00 The Office 9.30 Dexter (AV)

7TWO

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Bargain Hunt 8.30 Sons And Daughters 9.00 Home And Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Night Court 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Young Ramsay 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 The Emeril Lagasse Show 3.00 Step By Step 3.30 Growing Pains 4.00 Doctor In Charge 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Doctor Finlay

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 On The Buses 7.30 The Vicar Of Dibley 8.10 Father Ted 8.40 Bless Me Father 9.15 Dad’s Army 9.50 House Doctor

12.10 South Park (M) 12.30 Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (AV) 1.00 The Hills 1.30 Reno 911 (MA) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Movie: West Of Zanzibar (G 1954) UK adventure.

Anthony Steel, Shella Sim 1.00 The View 10.50 The Bill (M) 11.50 Six Feet Under 2.00 RPA 3.00 Joanna Lumley’s Nile (M) 1.00 Bargain Hunt 2.00 The Emeril 4.00 Excess Baggage 5.00 The Ellen Lagasse Show 3.00 Hart To Hart 4.00 Degeneres Show Shortland Street 4.30 Coronation Street 6.00 Friends 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE

10.40 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cash Call (M) 1.30 Happy Days 2.00 The Love 6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 Touched By Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Baywatch 3.00 ONE HD Motor Mate 4.30 Monster Garage 5.30 6.00 2011 Ironman World Champion- That ’70s Show ships 8.00 Pro Bull Riding 9.00 NFL 6.30 My Wife And Kids America’s Game 10.00 NBL Basketball 7.00 How I Met Your Mother – Gold Coast v Cairns 12.00 Omnisport 7.30 Engineering Disasters 12.30 Orangutan Diary 1.00 Airline 8.30 Salvage Code Red (M) 1.30 M*A*S*H 2.00 Beach Patrol 2.30 9.30 Wild Justice California

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7.30 Movie: Around The World In 80 Days (PG 2004) US action. Frank Coraci, Jackie Chan 10.00 Movie: Varsity Blues (M 1999) US comedy. Jon Voight, James Van Der Beek

7.00 The Zoo 7.30 As Time Goes By 8.00 Yes Minister 8.30 The Closer (M) 10.30 Rizzoli & Isles (M)

11.30 Friends 12.30 The Closer (M) 1.30 As Time Goes By 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Today

WEDNESDAY 1

7.30 Psych 8.30 Burn Notice (M) 9.30 Movie: Aliens v Predator – Requiem (AV 2007) US action. Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth

(MA 2003) South Korean mystery 1.30 ABC 1 Movie: The Airlift (M 2005) Part 2 of 4.00 State To State 4.30 Can We Help? German drama 3.15 Weatherwatch 5.00 Gardening Australia 5.30 State To State 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Time Team SBS 2 11.00 The Hidden Story Of Jesus 12.00 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 11.30 M*A*S*H 12.00 RPM 12.30 2011 Ironman World Championships 2.30 Midday Report 12.30 National Press 6.00 Global Village Club Address 1.30 The Trophy Room 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary Bundesliga Football 5.30 Omnisport 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’Programs Adventures PRIME

4.00 Baywatch 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

NBN

5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 Home Shopping 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 Entertainment Tonight 1.30 Kids’ Programs 2.00 Women’s Twenty/20 Cricket LIVE – Australia v New Zealand 5.00 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat

6.00 The Drum 7.00 A Matter Of Taste 7.00 ABC News 7.30 Rex In Rome 7.30 7.30 8.30 The Killing (M) 8.00 Outnumbered 9.35 Movie: A Screaming Man 8.30 QI (M) (PG 2010) Chadian drama 9.00 The Thick Of It (M) 11.15 Movie: Breath (M 2007) South 9.30 Absolutely Fabulous (M/ Korean drama 12.50 Weatherwatch PG)

6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show 6.00 NBN News 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Movie: 6.30 A Current Affair Abandoned And Deceived (PG 1995) 7.00 Cricket continues US drama. Lori Loughlin, Brian Kerwin 8.25 Lotto 2.30 Dr Oz 3.00 Surf Patrol 3.30 Kid’s 10.30 Excess Baggage Programs 4.30 Seven News 5.30 Deal 12.30 Memphis Beat (M) 1.30 Home Shopping 3.30 Good Morning America Or No Deal 5.00 Early Morning News 6.00 Prime News

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.30 Everyday Gourmet 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 The Biggest Loser 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

10.35 Lateline 11.10 The Business 11.35 Choose Your Own Adventure (M) 12.00 The IT Crowd 12.30 Movie: Annie Hall (M 1977) US comedy. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton 2.00 Absolutely Fabulous (M/PG) 3.00 rage

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.30 Misbehaving Mums To Be 9.30 Travels With My Family 10.20 Sunday Best (M)

TEN

6.00 The Project 7.00 The Biggest Loser 8.00 Talkin’ ’Bout Your Generation 9.10 The Good Wife (M) 10.10 NCIS (M)

11.10 Medium (M) 12.10 Late Show 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion

11.50 The Baby Borrowers (M) 12.40 ELEVEN Animal Cops 1.30 How Do They Do It? 6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 2.00 ABC News 2.05 Close Infomercial 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 ABC NEWS 24 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 4.00 Lateline 4.30 The Business 5.00 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of National Press Club Address: Tim Fischer Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 1.30 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital The Brady Bunch Hill 5.45 Arts Quarter 6.00 The Drum 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC 6.30 Neighbours News 8.30 The Business 9.00 The World 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10.00 The Drum 11.00 ABC News 11.30 7.30 The Simpsons 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 8.00 Futurama 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network 8.30 The Simpsons News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World 9.00 Futurama News 3.30 7.30

SBS 1

6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 My Kitchen Rules 8.30 Movie: Notting Hill (M 1999) UK comedy. Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant

11.05 The Marriage Ref 11.35 That ’70s Show 12.00 Sons And Daughters 1.00 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Bargain Hunt 8.30 Sons And Daughters 9.00 Home And Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Night Court 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 12.00 Young Ramsay 1.00 Hart To Hart 2.00 Movie: Man In The Saddle (PG 1951) Western. Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie 4.00 Doctor In Charge 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Doctor Finlay

ABC 1

6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 Family Confidential 8.30 The Straits (M) 10.20 Lateline

10.50 The Business 11.20 Stephen Fry In America 12.20 Hungry Beast (M) 12.50 The Clinic (M) 1.40 Antony Gormley (M) 2.30 Star Stories: Peter Andre, Katie Price (MA) 3.00 rage

ABC 2

6.00 Kids’ Programs

7.00 Spicks And Specks 7.30 Doctor Who 8.30 Arrested Development (M) 9.00 Psychoville (M) 9.30 Alan Carr (M) 10.00 Ideal (MA) 10.30 Peep Show (M)

10.30 The Late Late Show

6.00 Prime News 6.30 Seven News 7.00 Home And Away 7.30 My Kitchen Rules 8.30 Desperate Housewives (M) 11.00 Movie: In Your Dreams (M 2005) 10.30 Movie: Dark Water (M 2005) US thriller. Jennifer French drama 12.50 Weatherwatch Connelly, John C Reilly 7.00 A Matter Of Taste 7.30 A History Of Scotland 8.35 Modern Slavery (M) 9.30 Movie: Love At First Hiccup (M 1999) Danish romantic comedy

TEN

6.00 Ten News 7.00 Kids’Programs 9.00 The Circle 11.30 Everyday Gourmet 12.00 Dr Phil 1.00 The Doctors 2.00 Ready Steady Cook 3.00 The Biggest Loser 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful 5.00 Ten News

ELEVEN

6.00 Jag 7.00 MacGyver 8.00 Infomercial 8.30 Neighbours 9.00 Touched By An Angel 10.00 7th Heaven 11.00 The Love Boat 12.00 Charmed 1.00 Jag 2.00 MacGyver 3.00 King Of Queens 3.30 Infomercial 4.00 Roseanne 4.30 Family Ties 5.00 Happy Days 5.30 The Brady Bunch

4.00 Lateline 4.30 The Business 5.00 Newshour 6.00 ABC News 12.30 Australia Network News 1.00 ABC News 2.30 Australia Network News 3.00 Afternoon Live 5.30 Capital Hill 5.45 Consumer Quarter 6.00 The Drum 7.00 ABC News 7.30 7.30 8.00 ABC News 8.30 The Business 9.00 The World 6.00 Sabrina The Teenage Witch 10.00 The Drum 11.00 ABC News 11.30 6.30 Neighbours 7.30 12.00 ABC News 12.30 Lateline 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond 1.00 BBC News 1.30 Australia Network 7.30 The Simpsons News 2.00 Newshour 3.00 BBC World 8.30 Star Trek Next Generation News 3.30 7.30 10.30 The Late Late Show 11.30 Cash Call (M) 1.30 Happy Days SBS 1 5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 1.00 Food Lovers’ Guide To Australia Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven 1.30 Protype This 2.30 The Squiz 3.00 ONE HD Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 6.00 Serie A Football 8.30 Pro Bull 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Riding 9.30 Omnisport 10.00 NBL Global Village Basketball – Perth v Townsville 12.00

6.00 Letters And Numbers 6.30 World News Australia 7.30 Adriano Zumbo 8.00 One Man And His Campervan 8.30 Oz And Hugh Raise The Bar 9.35 24 Hours In Emergency (M) 10.30 World News Australia

11.00 Sex: An Unnatural History (MA)

GEM

Rodanthe (PG 2008) US drama. Richard Gere, Diane Lane 9.30 Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead (M)

11.30 Conan (M) 12.30 Murder, She Wrote 1.30 Friends 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 5.00 The Zoo 5.30 Today

11.05 M*A*S*H 11.35 The Ultimate NBN Fighter (M) 12.35 Omnisport 1.00 11.30 Erotic Tales (M) 12.00 Kill Arman Ironman WA 2011 2.00 FA Cup Classic 5.30 Today 9.00 Kerri-Anne 11.00 12.35 Movie: Buddha Collapsed Out 2.30 Arsenal Football 5.30 Serie A Home Shopping 12.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 1.00 Excess Of Shame (M 2007) Iranian drama 2.00 Football Baggage 2.00 Days Of Our Lives 3.00 Weatherwatch PRIME Entertainment Tonight 3.30 Kids’ SBS 2 6.00 Sunrise 9.00 The Morning Show Programs 4.30 NBN News 5.30 Hot Seat 5.00 Weatherwatch 6.00 World News 11.30 Seven News 12.00 Desperate 6.00 NBN News Housewives (M) 2.30 Dr Oz 3.00 Surf 7.00 A Current Affair 6.00 Global Village 6.30 Sarah Wiener’s Culinary Patrol 3.30 Kid’s Programs 4.30 Seven 7.30 Excess Baggage News 5.30 Deal Or No Deal 9.00 CSI (M) Adventures

12.30 Home Shopping 5.30 News

7TWO

6.30 Martha Stewart Show 7.30 Bargain Hunt 8.30 Sons And Daughters 9.00 Home And Away 9.30 Shortland Street 10.00 Coronation Street 10.30 Night Court 11.00 Designing Women 11.30 6.00 The Project Beautiful Homes And Great Estates 7.00 The Biggest Loser 12.00 Young Ramsay 1.00 Hart To Hart 8.00 A Gifted Man 2.00 Movie: Whatever It Takes (PG 11.00 Misbehaving Mums To Be 12.00 9.00 Law & Order (M) Commercial Kings 12.25 PhoneShop 11.00 Medium (M) 12.00 The Late Show 2000) US comedy. Jodi Lynn O’Keefe, James Franco 4.00 Doctor In Charge (M) 12.50 Junkyard Wars 1.40 ABC 1.00 Infomercials 4.00 Religion 4.30 Murphy Brown 5.00 Doctor Finlay News 1.45 Close

ABC NEWS 24

11.30 South Park (MA) 12.30 Howie Do It (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (MA) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

6.00 Today 9.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Murder, She Wrote 12.00 Movie: Pacific Destiny (G 1956) UK drama. Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen 2.00 RPA 3.00 As Time Goes By 3.30 Yes Prime Minister 4.00 Excess Baggage 5.00 The Ellen 10.40 The Bill (M) 11.50 Six Feet Under Degeneres Show (M) 1.00 Bargain Hunt 2.00 Home 6.00 Friends Shopping 3.30 Room For Improvement 4.00 Shortland Street 4.30 Coronation 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Movie: Nights In 9.30 The Cleveland Show (M) Street 5.00 Home Shopping

11.30 Cash Call (M) 1.30 Happy Days 7MATE 2.00 The Love Boat 3.00 Charmed 4.00 6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible Touched By An Angel 5.00 7th Heaven Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider ONE HD 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Baywatch 3.00 6.00 Serie A Football 8.00 World Of Monster Garage 4.00 Motor Mate 5.30 Free Sports 8.30 Pro Bull Riding 9.30 That ’70s Show 6.00 Letters And Numbers Omnisport 10.00 NBL Basketball – 6.30 My Wife And Kids 6.30 World News Australia Wollongong v Melbourne 12.00 Airline 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 7.30 Vet Adventures Mexico 12.30 Beach Patrol 1.00 Shark Island 7.30 Mythbusters 8.30 From Sydney To Tokyo 2.00 Out Of Control 3.00 True Heroes 8.30 Hardcore Pawn (M)

By Any Means (M) 3.30 Airline 4.00 Jeopardy! 4.30 Beach 9.30 American Pickers 9.30 Putin, Russia And The Patrol 5.00 I Fish 10.30 Paradise Lost (M) West 6.00 M*A*S*H 11.30 The Sexy Ads Show (MA) 12.00 10.30 World News Australia 6.30 Get Smart Knight Rider 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 11.10 Movie: Memories Of Murder 7.00 Cops Magnum PI 3.00 The Incredible Hulk

4.00 WNBL Basketball 6.00 ABC News 10.00 Time Team 11.00 Rivers And Life 12.00 Midday Report 12.30 Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 1.30 At The Movies 2.00 Waterloo Road 3.00 Kids’Programs

6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 Two And A Half Men 8.30 Mike & Molly (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous (M 1999) US comedy. Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 On The Buses 7.30 Heartbeat 8.30 Life Begins 9.30 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (M)

5.00 Weatherwatch 5.05 World News 1.00 Movie: Les Misérables (PG 1995) Part 4 of French drama 2.30 Spacefiles 3.00 Letters And Numbers 3.30 World News 4.00 The Journal 4.30 Newshour 5.30 Global Village

THURSDAY 2

GO!

6.00 Bargain Hunt 7.00 On The Buses 7.30 The Royal 8.30 Sherlock Holmes Mysteries (M)

10.50 The Bill (M) 11.50 Six Feet Under (M) 1.00 Open All Hours 1.30 Bargain Hunt 2.30 Hart To Hart 3.30 Shortland Street 4.00 Coronation Street 4.30 The Real Seachange 5.00 Home Shopping

7MATE

10.00 CSI: NY (M)

12.00 Southland (M) 2.00 Infomercials 3.30 Good Morning America 5.00 Early Morning News

GO!

6.00 Kids’ Programs 1.00 Seinfeld 1.30 Entertainment Tonight 2.00 TMZ 2.30 Married With Children 3.00 Just Shoot Me 3.30 Kids’ Programs

6.00 Seinfeld 6.30 Wipeout USA 7.30 The Middle 8.30 Two And A Half Men (M) 9.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.30 Movie: Resident Evil – Extinction (AV 2007) German action. Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr

11.30 South Park (M) 12.30 Howie Do It (M) 1.30 Reno 911 (MA) 2.00 Home Shopping 4.00 Just Shoot Me 4.30 TMZ 5.00 Married With Children 5.30 The Flintstones

GEM

6.00 Today 9.00 Home Shopping 10.30 Alive & Cooking 11.00 Movie: Carry On Screaming (PG 1966) UK comedy.

Harry Corbett, Kenneth Williams 1.00 The View 2.00 RPA 3.00 Hoarders 4.00 The Golden Girls 5.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show

6.00 Friends 7.00 The Zoo 7.30 Friends 8.30 Movie: The Wedding Date (M 2005) US comedy. Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney

6.30 Wagon Train 7.30 The Incredible Hulk 8.30 Adam 12 9.00 NBC Today 11.00 Magnum PI 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 The A Team 2.00 Baywatch 3.00 Motor Mate 4.30 Monster Garage 5.30 That ’70s Show 10.20 The Big C (M) 11.20 Conan (M) 6.30 My Wife And Kids 12.20 Friends 1.30 The Golden Girls 7.00 How I Met Your Mother 2.00 Home Shopping 4.30 Religion 7.30 Swamp People 5.00 The Golden Girls 5.30 Today

8.30 Pawn Stars 9.00 Bear Swamp Recovery The Storming 1.00 Airline 1.30 Beach (M) Patrol 2.00 Jaguar Adventure 3.00 True 9.30 Operation Repo (M) Heroes 3.30 Airline 4.00 Jeopardy! 4.30 10.30 Jail (M)

Beach Patrol 5.00 I Fish

6.00 M*A*S*H 6.30 Get Smart 7.00 Cops 7.30 Extreme Fishing 8.30 Movie: Black Rain (M 1989) US action. Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia

11.30 Campus PD (M) 12.00 Knight Rider 1.00 Wagon Train 2.00 Magnum PI 3.00 The Incredible Hulk 4.00 Baywatch 5.00 Adam 12 5.30 Home Shopping

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Netball a winner on Mondays Fishing on the Tweed

Tweed Netball Association under-16 representative netballers Angela Clark and Jasmine Sandall play for the Kingscliff Stars team, sponsored by Echonetdaily. Photo Jeff ‘Basket Case’ Dawson Luis Feliu

Netball sign-on days will be held at various clubs and locations around Tweed shire in the coming weeks with a new competition launched, aimed at people who otherwise may have given up netball altogether.

Tweed Netball Association (TNA) clubs sign-on Saturday, March 3, with a new Monday night competition for 15 years and over beginning in February with sign-on at 6pm on Monday, January 30, at Arkinstall Park, Cunningham Street, Tweed Heads South.

President of the association Helen Rigney said that in order to attract players who may

SPORT RESULTS

BOWLS Cabarita Beach Men Wed January 18 Winners: Richard Allen and KevinLiddington score of 24 plus 13. R/u Brian Moore and Barry Sheppard score of 24 plus 10. Consolation Greg Goode and Peter Schofield with a scoreline 30 plus 28.

Social Sat winner: Jack McArdle, Mick McLeod and Barry Sheppard. Second lucky winning team was Barry Jones, Jim Leijen and President Mick-Mick Morgan . The lucky losing triples consisted of Roy Dudley. Tony Cox and Harry McLean. Lucky losing pair were Bill Davey and John Hunter Condong Men 2012 Championships Results: Open Pairs Round 1 S. Massey, B. Wicks 25 def D. Cranwell, R. NOrthcott 23. * D. Smith, A. Find 21 def D. Reynolds, C. Pawlak 18. * S. KNight, W. Peart 23 def D. Cowan, R. Nelson 15 * C. Douglas, G. Moss 22 def C. Boyd, J. Wyborn 14. * M. Halmai, S. Halmai 16 def D. Evans, A. Evans 14 * P. Ayres, B. Clifford 23 def J. Andrassy, G. Cox 18* M. Chilcott, P. Pluis 29 def W. Curby, B. Foster 20 * R. McBurney, B. AYres 18 def B. Rohweder, P. Martain 15.

Round 2 S. Massey, B. Wicks def M. Halmai, S. Halmai. * C. Douglas, G. Moss def S. Knight , W. Peart * R. McBurney, B. Ayres won on forfeit from D. Smith & A. FIng. * M. Chilcott, P. Plus 19 def P. Ayres, B. Clifford 16.

Mixed Pairs: S. Cook, B. Ayres 19 def M. Chisholm 16.

Mixed Fours: E. Elvy, H. FUller, B. Elvy, R. Fuller 24 def Bunny, R. Pilon, J. Blake, W. Peart 20.

Cudgen Leagues Ladies Club Championship Fours – Joanne Dent, Rosalie Lowe, Maureen Alcorn, Colleen Wein def Pat Pieterse, Judy Martin, Faye Turner, June Wotherspoon.

Marie Ellen, Isabel Nipperess, Helen Wylie, Bev Hall def Michelle Van Runt, Irene Fuller, Lorraine Sandall, Liz Fleming.

Thur 19th Ladies Social results-Winners Rnk 2-Eileen Burke, Ena Haydon, Clarice Blake. Raffle-Liz Fleming.

Kingscliff Men 22nd January 2012 Social Bowls Results: Thur 19th January: Winners: J Hansen, D Adams, R Spence: M Ryan, P Sheaff, F McNamara. Plate Winners: J Wetierkamp, A Carpenter, V Lewis. Sat 21st January: Winners: G Hallett, D Fines, T Green; W Blackwood, L Morris, J Akers. Plate Winners: T Dimmock, L Murphy, B Munn.

Results of The Tweed Valley Shield played Mon 16th January: A Division: Kingscliff d South Tweed by 2 shots. In B Division South Tweed d Kingscliff by 35 shots. In Round 2, Kingscliff played Pottsville at Tweed Heads and in Round 3 on Mon 30th January, will play Tugun at Pottsville.

Kingscliff Women Wednesday, 18th January: Social Play, Wednesday, January 18: Winners: J. Kemp, D. Jones, S. Akers; R/u: S. Davies, J. Dalmeyer, M. Gardner. Raffle winners: G. Phipps, S. Akers.

Pottsville Men WedJanuary 18th 2012 Winners: R. Bryant, N. Cahill & F. Fielding. R/u: D. Appleton, N. Armour & T. Wignall, Sat January 21st 2012 Winners: R. Brown, A Meighan & R. Appleton. R/u: G. Roots & L. Lynch.

Championship Club Fours Winners: B. Stephen, J. Field, K. Hall & D. Moir. R/u: B. Jackson, J. Banks, F. Fielding & T. Fuller Score 20-19. Winners: L. Swift, T. Wignall, J. Buckley & K. Coyte. R/u: J. Burden, G. Crawley, R. Parker & G. Sawtell Score 17-15.

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work on weekends, study or ‘just want to have the weekends to themselves, we’ve created this new competition’.

‘2012 will be an exciting year for Tweed netball. Monday competition, a new logo, newly designed representative uniforms and are now in the running to receive a grant to refurbish the clubhouse at Arkinstall Park,’ Helen said.

Tweed netball clubs cater for all ages and abilities and welcome any new members.

‘We have girls from as young as five years who learn the ropes in our Net-Set-Go program right through to the more experienced players, some of whom are 50 plus. Being affiliated

with Netball Queensland, our top players from each age division represent the Tweed at the various representative carnivals around Queensland in preparation for the State Age titles.’

For more information visit www.tweed.netball.asn.au or email www.tweed@mynetball. asn.au.

Meanwhile, Murwillumbah Netball Association sign-on days for juniors and seniors will be held on Saturday, February 18 and Saturday, February 25 from 11am to 2pm at the Murwillumbah Netball Courts, Condong Street, Murwillumbah. For further details call 0408 224 057 or email info@ murwillumbahnetball.org.au.

South Tweed Wed AM Pairs: 1st L Samuelson& B Goff. 2nd A Fawcett& R Hickmann.

Wed PM Social: Winning rink: P Blanksby, R AMon dolia & R Patrick. Losing Rink: L Cox, R Atherton & K Atherton.

Thurs PM Pairs: G Coste & B Coste Well Done Guys!!

Winners of Losers : B Bullock & B Dawson.

Sat PM social: Winning Rink: R Atherton, K Atherton & C Weeks. Losing Rink: G Armstrong and team.

South Tweed Ladies Thur 19th Repor Winners R. Calverley & J. Smith, Winner of Losing Rink S. Cancillier & J. Munn.

Tweed Heads Ladies Thur Ladies Triples: H. Reid, H. Bardsley, P. Houghton def. M. Kaine, S. Hambleton, J. Finney * R. Ash, M. Kelly, I. Muldoon def. M. Axford, B. Orchard, E. Hunt * G. Gorgenui. , J. Gilroy, T. Dixon def. M. Cooper, P. Griffith, S. Ganter * K. Cusack, S. Asser, M. Gunton def. P. Collins, T. Congdon, V. Robinson * N. Craig, D. Evans, J. Webster def. B. Everson, B. Jacobsen, P. Govet * J. Stennings, J. Hoffman, B. Sydenham def.

J. Youll, B. Bitmead, S. Cook * J. Milburn, N. Wise, P. Reedy def. C. O’Callaghan, S. Lusby, M. Purcell * D. Stewart, R. Wallis, L. Elsey def. L. Spencer, K. Mahaffey, H. Mason * S. Hanlon, A. Ebsworth, C. Hawkins def.

F. Hewitt, V. Young, R. Griffin * N. Bell, H. Ramsay, D. Woods, def. K. Henshaw, J. Ware, L. A. French * A. Warman, B. LeBouef, M. Picking def. R. Whalebone, S. Jackson, P. Southern * K. Thatcher, A. Plowright, B. Bradley, E. Joselin def. K. Figura, J. Smith, B. Makin, C. Graver * A. Thew, J. Clarke, C. Craig def. J. Ryan, D. Cramb, B. Cooper.

Tweed Heads Men Bowls Super Challenge: Gold and Bronze played Algester. The Gold Men won only 1 rink giving Algester a 10/1 win. Gold Ladies demolished Algester winning both rinks for a great start with 8 points to nil.

Bronze division Men scored a clean sweep winning all rinks for an 11/0 points win and the Ladies also contributed to an overall win with another 8/0 points for this division.

Silver division playing Logan City on Sat recorded could only win on 1 rink for the Men [1/10] but the Ladies had a good 2 rink win for full points, 8/0. On Sun’s double header playing round 2 against West Toowoomba the Men again suffered a loss winning only 2 rinks [2/9/ loss] and the Ladies again whitewashed their opposition for another 8/0 victory.

Tweed Valley Shield Division A: Tugun def Tweed Heads 40/32 [7/0]; Pottsville def Coolangatta 40/32 [7/0]; Kingscliff def South Tweed 38/36 [5/2] Division B: Tweed Heads def Tugun 43/26 [5/2]. Coolangatta def Pottsville 51/30 [7/0]; South Tweed def Kingscliff 58/23 [7/0] Social Results Sun Jan 15: Green 1: Bob Mullens, Barbara Makin; r/ up: Nanette Wise, Jill and Norman Hoffman.

Green 2: Joan Lyon, Tony and Pam Govett, Ken Calvert; r/up: Bev and Ray White, Betty Bradley, Lorraine Robbins Wed Jan 18: Random Rink Draw –Green 1: Peter Newman, Roger Graf; r/up: Ray White, Vern Eves, Rod Stebbins, Kim Stephenson Green 2: Gordon Holthouse, Terry Patton; r/up: Brian Bevan, Fred Peel Green 3: Frank Parsons, John Parker-Smith; John Mann, Ken Schmidt Green 4: Frank McPhillips, Frank Birkin; r/up: Jack

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GOLF Chinderah Seniors Social Golf Results for 19/1/12 Stableford Winner A grade Dudley Wallis 40 points new h/ cap 4. R/up Tony Lowndes 38 points (c/back) new h/cap 7.

Winner B grade Errol Burley 41 points neww h/cap 13. R/up Denis Hoare 37 points (c/back) new h/cap 15.

Winner C grade Doug Burrows 43 points new h/ cap 20. R/up John Graham 41 points new h/cap 22.

Ball rundown to 37 points. Hole-in-one 5th Maureen Hicks.

Results for 23/1/12 Stableford Winner A grade Richard Edwards 43 points new h/cap 14. R/up Yvonne Hawkey 42 points new h/ cap 15.

Winner B grade Janice Hatton - 44 points new h/cap 28. R/up Neil Perrin 43 points new h/cap 22.

Ball rundown to 39 points.

Murwillumbah Sun 15th January Individual Stableford medley Members Winner A. Mitchell 35 pts B. R. D. tp 33 pts c. b Mon 16th Veteran’s 4. B. B. B. Stableford Winners K. McDonald & A. Bryce 47 pts R. Up C. Hulme & R. Owens 43pts N. Piins 2nd C. Hulme 8th L. Reynolds10th J. Worthy 14th W. Mavin b. r. d. to 40 pts c. b Wed18th A. Grade Winner N. Buist 43 pts R. up P. Taylor 40 pts B. Grade J. Djordevic 39 pts R. up G. Brown 38 pts N. Pin 2nd C. Hindmarch 10th N. Buist B. R. D. to 34 pts c. b Fri 20th Individual Stableford Medley Women’s Winner S. Gorton 34 pts Members C. Kaehler 37 pts c. b B. R. D. to 3 pts c. b Sat 21st Individual Stableford in 4 Grades Winner A. Grade A. Harrison 41 pts R. Up B. McLean 38 pts B. G T. McGreevy 37 pts c. b R. Up C. Read 37 pts C. Grade R. Price 38 pts c. b R. Up B. Moore 38 pts D. Grade D. Williams 37 pts R. Up A. Roberson 36 pts N. Pin 2nd I. Ross 8th B. Murray 10th A. Hardy 14th J. Walker B. R. D. to 33 pts c. b SHOOTING Murwillumbah Rifle Club Fullbore: 500 yards- S Waddell 100. 8, 1, 101. 8; S Dolan 99. 13, 1, 100. 13; A Cronk 97. 10, 2, 99. 10; T Matthews 96. 9, 3, 99. 9; D Phippard 97. 7, 2, 99. 7; W Shoobridge 94. 7, 3, 97. 7; B Barrett 83. 1, 13, 96. 1.

Scope: Rama 113. 6, 15, 128. 6; D McNamara 115. 7, 8, 123. 7; P Loxley-Lewis 111. 1, 8, 119. 1; M Sforcina 106. 1, 13, 119. 1; A Glover 104. 2, 14, 118. 2; G Morris 109. 1, 6, 115. 1; S Routledge 96. 2, 18, 114. 2; R Millingen 96. 2, 18, 114. 2; Zoe Helyer 99. 2, 14, 113. 2.

Smallbore: D Phippard 390, 14, 404; A Glover 395, 8, 403; G Morris 394, 8, 402; W Shoobridge 395, 6, 401; W Sunderland 399, 1, 400; A Cronk 400, 0, 400; A Turner 397, 3, 400; R Millingen 390, 9, 399; P Turner 394, 4, 398; F Binding 394, 3, 397; M Sforcina 381, 13, 394.

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Finally it happened. It’s taken over a year but I got one, well kind of (a big muddie that is).

A friend, Jason, gave me a crab pot for Christmas and while I was getting ready my neighbour Pete Kyvetos offered to bait and drop my pot in together with his and his partner Sue’s pots. We had been observing where the pros place theirs and Pete put ours along the same run. All our pots had our name and info tagged clearly; this is the legal way to do it, so no-one can touch your stuff.

Pete checked the pots later in the day; his were empty but mine had a monster in it.

So here’s the question, ‘Was it mine?’ Well the big fella was caught in my pot, but Pete assured me I had lent it to him (the pot). Pete is Italian and very persuasive, but hey, I’m Sicilian so I ended up with half the good bits. You would have loved to hear the lawyer-like arguments going on over a cou-

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ple of beers to see who actually owned the crab. Funny stuff.

At the time of writing the rain has been steady for a couple of days now, so with Australia Day coming up and a wet one at that, what to do? I just spoke to a mate, fisho Rayn Roca O’Connell, and he asked me if this rain in the river would shut the bite down? It is a hard question to answer as sometimes I catch some cracker fish in wet and windy conditions. My gut feeling is that the fish are there but it’s more the question of ‘how uncomfortable are you willing to get?’ and in saying that I’ve fished in the worst conditions in the Tweed River as you can always find

a place out of the wind and it is an awesome experience to be out there when Mother Nature is hurling it at you. There is nothing quite like the taste of rainwater.

It has been great writing my fishing yarn in the Echo and I’d like to thank the people that read my weekly adventures and also the sports editor Eve Jeffery, and Luis Feliu, for giving me the opportunity to write in my own style.

Happy Australia Day to you all. Cheers, David Solano.

The Echo has been fortunate having David Solano writing his excellent column for us each week. Thanks, David, we appreciate your work – Eve.

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Astronomical data and tides

High tide, height (m) 0330,1.40; 1548,1.21 0433,1.42; 1708,1.10 0534,1.47; 1816,1.13 0629,1.55; 1910,1.19 0716,1.64; 1954,1.26 0800,1.72; 2033,1.34 0841,1.80; 2114,1.42 0922,1.84; 2154,1.49 1004,1.85; 2236,1.56 1048,1.81; 2320,1.60 1133,1.73 0007,1.63; 1222,1.60 0057,1.63; 1314,1.46 0151,1.61; 1415,1.32 0253,1.59; 1527,1.21 0403,1.59; 1650,1.18 0516,1.62; 1807,1.21 0622,1.68; 1907,1.28 0718,1.73; 1957,1.36 0807,1.76; 2040,1.42 0850,1.77; 2119,1.48 0930,1.74; 2157,1.51 1007,1.68; 2232,1.53 1043,1.60; 2306,1.53 1116,1.52; 2340,1.53 1151,1.43 0015,1.51; 1229,1.33 0055,1.48; 1310,1.24 0141,1.45; 1401,1.16

Low tide, height (m) 1007,0.71; 2145,0.65 1124,0.67; 2251,0.65 1229,0.60; 2351,0.62 1319,0.51 0043,0.56; 1401,0.42 0129,0.49; 1439,0.33 0213,0.42; 1516,0.26 0257,0.36; 1553,0.20 0342,0.32; 1630,0.18 0430,0.30; 1710,0.19 0520,0.31; 1750,0.23 0614,0.35; 1833,0.31 0712,0.41; 1919,0.40 0818,0.47; 2014,0.49 0934,0.51; 2118,0.55 1056,0.50; 2231,0.58 1210,0.45; 2343,0.55 1311,0.39 0045,0.50; 1400,0.33 0138,0.44; 1443,0.29 0226,0.40; 1520,0.28 0310,0.38; 1554,0.29 0350,0.39; 1626,0.32 0430,0.41; 1656,0.36 0509,0.45; 1725,0.41 0548,0.50; 1754,0.47 0630,0.55; 1827,0.53 0717,0.60; 1904,0.60 0813,0.65; 1951,0.66

Times Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Time lags: Ballina Boat Dock: 15 min; Byron Bay: nil; Brunswick River Highway Bridge: high 30 min, low 1 hr; Mullumbimby: 1 hr 10 min; Billinudgel: 3 hr 55 min; Chinderah: high 1 hr 30 min, low 2 hr; Terranora Inlet: high 2 hr 10 min, low 2 hr 25 min; Murwillumbah: high 2 hr 30 min, low 2 hr 50 min. Tides in bold indicate high tide of 1.7m or more and low tide of 0.3m or less. Data courtesy of the National Tidal Centre.

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PLASTERING MASTER PLASTER 20 years experience, best price. Lic 90972C ..................................0433 800 333

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Solar Power Systems & Electrical Quality solar power systems, after sales service and maintenance program Contact Darren or Jenny – phone 0427 661 421 or email info@northernsolar.com.au Lic No. 230119C CEC No. A7271144

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Classifieds PUBLIC NOTICES

MOTHER MAYA

Ahimsa (living peace) Tour Here in Mullum & Byron Feb 10th – 18th More info and to book: livingahimsaregistration.org Jacinta – 6684 9422

www.theatre-of-life.org personal development through performing arts

CALL FOR WITNESSES Did you witness an accident on 15 August 2011 on the Pacific Hwy Chinderah involving a black Mazda 3 which struck a mattress which had fallen from a white utility vehicle?

If so, please call Matthew Darvill on 0282817847

Calling In The One

Prepare to find the love of your life.

Free intro eve Feb 1. 66803436 www.thealchemyoftheheart.com

WOODWORKING

Basic furniture making course 9-12 Feb Women & power tools 4 & 5 Feb www.woodworkforwomen.com.au

Part-Time Theatre Courses

‘Philippa and Adrian bring such to Gap Year Theatre Company

Voice + Presentation Coaching ’Fresh, open, powerful and tender’....’Uncompromising delight’… ‘I felt held all along the way’.

Tel: 02 66802057 or 0437 328394

Ink Brush Painting Sumi-e & Calligraphy classes Phone Ester 66847609

LOST?

FIND YOURSELF AT THE RUG SHOP BANGALOW

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HEALTH

from $10.50sqm & Bamboo Flooring.

For ceilings, walls, doors, etc.

Ph 66884188 - sample & brochure www.bambooply.com.au

Sexual Counselling

Alison Rahn qualified sex therapist www.alisonrahn.com.au 0432599812

KINESIOLOGY

Clear subconscious sabotages.

Reprogram patterns and beliefs.

De-stress. Restore vibrancy and physical health. Clear allergies.

SANDRA DAVEY, Reg. Pract. 66846914

TIMBER, pine, treated pine, hardwood, mouldings, sleepers, fencing, Koppers logs, ply, MDF, lattice, made to order.

Brims Builders Hardware, Billinudgel 02 66801718, Sth Tweed 07 55236002

HOLIDAY SPECIAL

SUBARU FORESTER 2000, 2 ltr man, white, one owner, new clutch & timing belt, reg Oct, reliable & loved, $5900. Ph 0422062132

SMALL SHORT TERM LOAN NEEDED very generous interest rate, monthly payments in cash, 1st mortgage with guarantee. Phone 66855666

Part Time Yoga Teacher Training

98 CAMRY GRANDE full service history, mech A1 exc cond, regretful sale $5000 ono. Phone 66843369 or 0407248181

MAKE 2012 your year to create abundance.

Dynamic home business that works for you and the planet. Certified organic beauty, health & lifestyle products. Very affordable set up costs, pre-training provided. Judi 0425711688. Health is wealth

KA HUNA BODYWORK/MASSAGE $40 KINGSCLIFF: Ph Susan 0418726877

with Flo Fenton's Intouch Yoga in Suffolk Park Level 1/Level 2 one day a week beg Mar Details; www.intouchyogabyronbay.com Ph 66859910

TRADEWORK KIM MCINTOSH CARPENTRY All your carpentry needs from decks, pergolas, bathroom renovations, new construction and all renovations.

Contractor Lic. 237294C Contact Kim on 0409058618

COROLLA SEDAN 1990. DUAL LPG/ petrol. 12 months rego, good cond. Well maintained. Cheap to run. $1450 Ph 66779359

Please stick this by your phone

EMERGENCY ONLY AMBULANCE, FIRE, POLICE............... 000 AMBULANCE Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah .... 131 233 MURWILLUMBAH HOSPITAL ............................02 6672 1822 EMERGENCY ....................................02 6672 0230 TWEED HEADS HOSPITAL ...............................07 5536 1133 FIRE BRIGADE Kingscliff..........................................02 6674 1271 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6672 8305 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5536 2222 Tweed Rural Fire Service.......................02 6672 7888 POLICE NON-EMERGENCIES 24/7 ............................ 131 444 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5536 0999 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6672 9499 Kingscliff..........................................02 6674 9399 STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ................................ 132 500 Tweed Heads .....................................07 5524 1349 Murwillumbah ....................................02 6676 7355 LIFELINE .......................................................... 131 114 GOLD COAST HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICE .....07 5598 0222 TWEED COAST AIR SEA RESCUE......................07 5536 9333 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 24 hour crisis line .............1800 656 463 ANIMAL WELFARE (RSPCA) .............................07 5536 5135 NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) .02 6628 1898 WILDLIFE CARERS TWEED VALLEY ...................02 6672 4789 CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY ...............................07 5534 1266 SEA WORLD ................................................07 5588 2222

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GRANNY flat attached to lge hse in Pottsville 2br, kitchen, dining, bathrm, lounge $250pw inc elec. 0428190617

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CHEAP REMOVALIST. No job too small.

Give us a call for a quote. Mini van Mitch.

Phone 0421281410

FOR SALE WAVE SKI ‘Wavemaster Evolution’ 2.5 swallow tail as new $800 ono. 0408461130 TORO 72” diesel 4WD out front mower 1300hrs $9800. Phone 0414261414

THE SAMBA BLISSTAS

Classes starting from Wed for 2012, Kingscliff Bowling Club, beg to advanced, try a drop in session, bookings/enq 66764558 www.carnavaldrumming.com

ATTN LANDOWNERS! Need some cash? Do you know that under State Environmental Planning Policy (Rural Lands), it is possible to subdivide a block for agricultural purposes, that is less than the normal minimum lot size for rural lots.

We need a minimum of 4 hectares of flattish land (10 acres) to buy for a rural enterprise. With 3 Phase power close by.

Ideally within 15km of Billinudgel or along the Tweed Valley Way to Murwillumbah.

Phone 66802752

TO LET

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EMERGENCY NUMBERS

MODELS 18+ years required. Nude female for Picture and People magazines.

No experience required. All shapes and sizes. Backpackers welcome. Good money.

Professional accredited ACP photographer.

Ph 0413627846

TUITION

PROPERTY WANTED

ROOM in spacious home, c’yard aspect, great location, $140pw + bills, 66803650

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Would you like to become a carer and work from home? Free training & financial support is provided, to enable you to provide accredited high quality care in a home environment. You will be supported by the largest scheme in NSW. Flexible hours. Childcare benefit available. Phone Northern Rivers Family Day Care for more info on 07 5536 1865.

KYOGLE, Collins Ck, 15 acre farm tastefully renov 3br house, usable land, small creek, 2 sheds, views, buy for $399,000 or rent for $250pw. 66847180

SHARE ACCOM.

Located in The Pier Arcade (near Cardamon Pod) on Lawson Street. This new store incorporates all the things we love for ladies and kids from near and far...

FUNKIBEAT RANGE of ladies clothing Thailand FUNKITA KIDS SWIMWEAR chlorine resistant OCEANIKA MERFINS designed in Byron RUBY ST LADIES CLOTHING 100% cotton BANDIKOOT Byron designed singlets ORBIT ladies and kids locally made clothing KAVISHKA handmade soft toys PUTUMAYO world music CDs

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

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RELAX HAVEN BYRON BAY established 25 yrs, low rent, 3x3 lease, all equipment, $15,000. Ph 66858304

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A DSH ginger and white kitten is one of 5 kittens now available from Friends of the Pound. He is 12 weeks old, desexed, microchipped and vaccinated and ready for his new home. If you can give him a permanent, loving home, or to ask about the other kittens, please contact Sonia at the FoP Rehoming Centre on 07 5524 8590. We also have many other cats and dogs available for adoption so visit friendsofthepound.com to make your choice.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

TOYOTA COASTER 83, ex cond, low km, 5 sp diesel, $12,500. 0428567427

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POSITIONS VACANT EXPERIENCED waitress/barista wanted for busy Brunswick Heads restaurant, to work days. Phone Richard 0416223073 WAITRESS required for Sundays at Gallery Cafe Murwillumbah. Suit Uni student 0266725088

ANNIVERSARY

Trish & Ernie Celebrate their 40th year together... love to you both from your loving family and friends xxx

PETS GOING AWAY? Who is looking after your pets? Kingscliff Petsitting 0419358794 or www.kingscliffpetsitting.com.au

ONLY ADULTS LADIES URGENTLY required at Lismore’s premium adult venue. Top $s, free food & accommodation. New female management. 66225533

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Noticeboard Kids’ fitness A free Go4Fun program will be held for the first time in South Tweed Heads commencing February 7. This healthy lifestyle program supports children to become fitter, healthier and happier. The program, aimed at children aged 7–13 years who are above a healthy weight, will run every Tuesday and Thursday for nine weeks after school for one to two hours each session. The child must be accompanied by a parent or carer each session. Corinne Martin from the Tweed Valley General Practice Network, a facilitator, is keen to invite eligible Aboriginal families to attend. For info call Corinne on 02 6672 5158 or 0431 212 009.

Croquet club Do you want a new challenge?

Exercise the mind and body with croquet, a game for all ages. Come to Tweed Heads Croquet Club open day, 39 Recreation Street, Tweed Heads on Sunday, February 5, 3pm–5pm (DST). Free for a game and afternoon tea. For info call 07 5536 7019.

Writers’ workshop Tweed writer Marian Edmunds believes more local writers can have their works published and is kicking off some workshops in Murwillumbah over the next three months. Marian, who has written for a New York anthology alongside notable celebrities such as F Scott Fitzgerald and David Byrne, co-authored Navigational Tips For Living In An Imperfect World with a London personal development coach. For info on the upcoming workshops, email her at Marian@ thewritingbusiness.com.

U3A U3A Tweed Coast information day will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, 93 Phillip Street, Chinderah on Thursday, February 9. Group leaders will be on hand between 10am and 1pm to discuss classes and register enrolments. The courses provide mental and physical stimulation and are conducted in a non-formal and friendly atmosphere at venues from Kingscliff to Pottsville, for info call Lynda on 07 5513 1047.

U3A Twin Towns has 40 activities to choose from. Want to join? Call into the Tugun Office between 10am and 1pm, Mon–Fri (DST).

Course, beginners to advanced, include Italian, Japanese, French, tap dancing and computers, astrology, art (portrait, animals) and folk art and Saturday table tennis.

At 4 Boyd Street, Tugun, call 07 5534 7333.

Garden club Tweed Coast Garden Association will hold a sausage sizzle on January 31 from 10am at Ambrose Brown Park, Pottsville. Cost is $5pp. For info call 02 6676 4402.

Non-members will need to book

by January 27. Bring a mug and a chair.

Hospital auxiliary The Tweed Hospital Auxiliary’s next meeting will be held Monday February 6 at 1.30pm in the Tweed Heads Civic Centre. Anyone interested in joining the auxiliary, call Merle on 07 5536 1441.

P’ville community The Pottsville Community Association will hold our first general meeting for 2012 on Tuesday, January 31, at 7.45pm in the Pottsville Community Hall. Topics for discussion include accessibility issues in

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Family centre The Family Centre is taking bookings now for the following parenting and relationship skills courses, ring 07 5524 8711: 123 Magic, Tuesdays, Feb 7–21, 10am-noon; Understanding Domestic and Family Violence, Thursdays, Feb 16 March 22, 10am–noon; ParentSpace, birth to 3 years, Fridays Feb 17, March 2, 16 and 30, 10–11.30am. View full course program at www.thefamilycentre.org.au.

Koala training Friends of the Koala are holding a basic training day Saturday, February 11, 9.30am–12.30pm. Includes rescue techniques, assessment, handling, koala food collection, tree identification etc. Bookings essential, call 6622 1233 or email: info@friendsofthekoala.org.

Volunteering NORTEC Volunteering’s Five Most Wanted positions this week: Tweed Heads, gardener/maintenance assistant; Murwillumbah, tourist information officer; Pottsville, interviewer; Tweed Shire, bus driver; Uki, clerical assistant/admin.

Volunteering is a great way to gain work experience and make friends in your community, for info call 02 6672 8288.

Movie night The combined Rotary clubs of Murwillumbah on Thursday February 23 will present a preview screening of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a drama/comedy at the Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah. The date marks the 107th birthday of Rotary International. Doors will open at 7pm and a display of Rotary projects will be set up with a complimentary refreshment and nibbles on offer at arrival. Funds raised are for the Polio Eradication project, a worldwide Rotary project which has almost achieved the aim with 99 per cent reduction of infections. Tickets are available at the cinema, Style 2484 and Rodgersons Jewellers for $20, dress style is cocktail. For info call Simone on 0439 937 499.

Conductor wanted

Tweed River Singers seek a new conductor. The choir performs a wide repertoire of classics, stage musicals and standards and give aged-care concerts around the Tweed. We practise at Banora Pt Uniting Church on Wednesday evenings and members contribute to costs. Though non-profit, an honorarium applies. Applicants need enthusiasm, advanced musicianship, people skills, and can make input into musical choices with musical director Lilian de Closey. Call 07 55 245 961 or 0417 733 274.

Family history Tweed Gold Coast Family History and Heritage Association’s research room now open for those wishing to trace their family history and don’t know where to begin, at South Tweed Sports Club, Minjungbal Drive, or come along to our monthly get-togethers at the club held on the first Tuesday of the month at 1.30pm (DST).

Research room open: Tues 10am– 7pm, Wed to Friday 10am–4pm and Sat 9.30am–3pm. Form info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939.

Bridge club Keep your brain active. Tweed Bridge Club welcomes new

members. Lessons, supervised play, mentoring. Have fun while making new friends and improving memory. For info call Dinah 6676 3136.

ZONTA ZONTA Club of Southern Gold Coast/Tweed meets 3rd Monday of each month in Secret Garden Room, South Tweed Sports Club, 4 Minjungbal Drive, South Tweed.

VIEW Twin Towns Day VIEW Club will hold its first luncheon for the year on Thursday, February 2, at South Tweed Sports Club at 10.30am DST for 11am. Guest speaker is clairvoyant Elizabeth-Ann. To book for International Women’s Day function on March 8, call Freda prior to January 31 on 07 5524 1357.

Murwillumbah Evening View Club AGM meeting February 6 at Condong Bowls club, starting 7pm. $10 fees are due. Dinner cost $25.

For apologies or info call Gloria 6672 3794.

Twin Towns Evening View Club meets on Wednesday, February 8, at 6.30pm (DST) at Tweed Heads Bowls Club. As it is the AGM members only can attend but guests welcome at all other dinner meetings on the second Wednesday of each month. For info or apologies, call Barbara on 07 5523 1057 by 1pm Monday prior.

Library storage need Friends of Tweed Heads Library need storage space for books accumulated by donations for our annual book sale. An unneeded lockable, easily accessable dry garage would be ideal. All profits from our book sale are spent on improving library facilities. Friends of Library meet 4th Wed of the month at 10.30am at library to discuss recently reads books. New members welcome. If you can help call Rosalind on 07 5524 3342.

Banora Pt community Banora Point Community Centre senior program has various groups available on Tuesday afternoons and all day Fridays. If you are interested in card playing, Stretch your Mind, Tai Chi, Mah Jong, Scrapbooking, Art, Scrabble, Gentle exercise with weights call Lyn on 07 5523 2030. The centre is on the corner of Leisure and Woodland Drives, Banora Point.

Book Club

Nina and Aaron Colville of Uki were helped by family friend Anne Maynes, centre, in making their bear and lion puppets during a free holiday activity on puppet making at Murwillumbah Library on Monday. Photo Luis Feliu are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings during school terms. Lots of jobs for willing workers. Make lots of friends and have fun in a caring atmosphere. For info call Sylvia 0419 437 217.

A’cappella Are you of the male variety, can sing and possess a sense of comedy, then come and join Men Wot Sing a’cappella singers.

We perform at various functions, weddings, corporate gigs, festivals, and charities. Check us out on menwotsing.com.au or call Lou on 0419 735 633.

Voice Weavers a’capella choir will return to regular practice on Thursday, Feb 2, at 7pm NSW/6pm Qld, at the Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Golf Club auditorium, Soorley Streett, Tweed Heads South. If you have been thinking about joining a choir, think no more. Just do it!

New members always welcome.

Our members range from 14 up to retirees. For more info go to http:// voiceweavers.brettlogan.com or phone Brett 0418 754 868 or Jan 07 5536 1078.

Computers for seniors Computer Association Tweed Seniors meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 10.30am in the Seagulls Club. Get computer advice and learn computer skills at your own pace in a friendly social environment. All welcome. For info call Noelene on 07 5599 8939 bh.

The Tweed Heads Book Club meets at 10.30am on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the library.

If you enjoy reading and sharing ideas with others please come along and join us. Books are provided and lent out by the library.

The reading list for 2012 brings us a great variety of subjects and should keep us all challenged and interested. For more information ring Beverly 5590 7435 or Rosalind 5524 3342.

Al-Anon

Language group

The Spinal Injuries Association Gold Coast Post Polio Support Network will meet at 10.30am on Monday, February 13, at Robina. For info call 0448 206 856.

Spanish Language Conversation Group meets over coffee at 2pm on the 2nd Saturday of the month at Red Rattlers Cafe, 385 Tomewin Rd, Dungay (5 minutes from Murwillumbah). Spanish speakers at all levels welcome, no fees. For info call John on 02 6672 3471 or papagayo@y7mail.com.

Horse skills volunteers Volunteers with horse skills or willing to learn to lead and exercise horses are needed at Riding for the Disabled, Tweed Valley Centre, Murwillumbah. Riding sessions

Are you concerned about someone else’s drinking? Meet others who share your problems and learn how to improve the family atmosphere.

Meetings held up and down the coast and at Murwillumbah at the Christian Outreach Centre, 19 Prince Street, on Mondays at 10am.

For info call 07 5532 4320.

Spinal injuries

Pottsville Community Hall, Coast Road, Pottsville. For info call Ruth 02 6676 0411.

Low-cost food Low-cost groceries. Finding it tough going? Come and see us at Elevation Care, 56 Caloola Drive, Tweed Heads, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 2pm. Huge variety and quality food. Bring your bags. For info call 07 5507 6999.

Justices of the Peace JPs witness signatures at Tweed Centro Shopping Centre each Tuesday 10am–2pm and at Tweed City Shopping Centre each Thursday 10am–2pm and 5pm–7pm.

Owing to the Australia Day holiday, there will be no table duties on Thursday, January 26. For info call Donna on 0414 894 368.

In Kingscliff, at Red Monkey Cafe, Tuesday and Thursday 9am–midday, call Norman on 0412 473 575.

Nashos Tweed Valley Murwillumbah branch meets the third Tuesday of every month except January at our new location Murwillumbah Sporties (bowling club), cnr Brisbane and Condong Streets, Murwillumbah at 10am. We have guest speakers, activities and welcome new members. For info call Peter on 0458 060 765.

Cancer support Tweed-Murwillumbah Cancer Support Group is changing venue and focus in hope that it will be able to provide mutual support to others diagnosed with cancer as well as partners and carers. Meeting days now the 3rd Thursday

of the month with the first on Thursday, February 16, at Murwillumbah Community Health at the corner of Nullum and Wollumbin streets, 10am–noon. For info call Caroline 02 6672 0102 or TPS office 02 6672 8459.

Tweed-Brunswick Breast Cancer Support Group will meet on Monday, February 6, at Murwillumbah Community Health at the corner of Nullum and Wollumbin streets 10am–noon. Practical and emotional support on offer. For info call TPS office 02 6672 8459 or Lianne 02 6672 4447.

End-of-life choices For information about end-of-life choices workshops and meetings to be held this year, call Elaine on 0421 796 713.

Encore program The 2012 YWCA Encore Program, an innovative and inspiring approach to recovery from breast cancer surgery, starts in Murwillumbah in February and runs for eight weeks until March 28, each Wednesday 12.30pm–2.30pm. To register call 02 9285 6264 or 1800 305 150. Participation is free.

Dragons Abreast Mt Warning Dragons Abreast aims to improve the quality of life of its members, who are breast cancer survivors and their supporters.

Dragon Boat paddling with the club provides a sense of purpose and support for breast cancer survivors. They paddle on the Tweed River, Condong. For info call Robyn on 0427 368 819.

Ciao

Lifeball Lifeball is an exercise sport similar to netball but played at walking pace by senior men and women.

At Chinderah: sessions held every Tuesday 9.30am–11.30am at Tweed Supersports Centre, Chinderah, for info call Jill 02 6674 0636 or George 02 6624 4558.

At Pottsville: men and women players needed, sessions every Thursday 9.30am to 11.30am at

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English language courses starting in

early February.

English language courses for people from non-English speaking backgrounds are available at Murwillumbah TAFE and off-site at Mullumbimby.

For more information phone Pam Jackson on 6672 0811 or Marilyn Lowe on 6672 0810.

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The debate over the massive Kings Forest development at Tuesday’s council meeting was at times a little fiery and topsy turvy, with a dash of humour here and there. In opposing a total dog ban to protect koalas at the 4,500-lot new mini-city on the Tweed Coast, the godfearing Cr Joan van Lieshout invoked the Lord’s name when she said councillors would be ‘playing God’ by insisting on restrictions on pet dogs. She said that many years ago as a single mum after she walked out of a domestic-violence situation, her family dog was most important to her young children, and that many single families and the elderly needed their pets and the Kings Forest development catered for such a mix of people. Further along the debate, Greens Cr Katie Milne said the Tweed was on the ‘trigger level’ of losing its koalas and insisted councillors were ‘not playing god’ but rather doing god’s work in ‘protecting god’s creatures’ as ‘god is about creation and not about extinction’, a comment which the packed gallery heartily applauded.

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It was one council meeting many working people, unable to attend owing to the new daytime meeting schedule this year, would have enjoyed seeing. Perhaps Tweed council should follow Gold Coast City Council’s lead, which is going to stream its meetings live on the internet to provide greater community access to council decisions. Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke said the move would enable the public to have access to decisions and debates without having to leave their homes as ‘most people these days are so busy that even if someone is interested in an issue, they often don’t have the time to attend council meetings’. Hear! hear!

■ ■ ■ ■ Former Byron Shire councillor Fast Buck$, described once as the ‘nemesis of many white shoe brigade developers’, gave Tweed councillors a mouthful

Former Byron Shire councillor and council watcher John Anderson, also known as Fast Buck$, caused a bit of a stir at Tweed Council’s community access meeting last Thursday when he named two of the candidates for the shire’s GM job, who both have a history of controversy in their roles running other NSW councils, much to the obvious disgust of councillors (see story, page 3). As he returned to his seat in the public gallery, Mr Anderson said if either of the two men were selected, he would ‘run for Tweed council’ at the next election. Photo Luis Feliu

last week after his speech on ‘good governance’ (see page 3).

As he walked back to the public gallery after his speech, which angered mayor Barry Longland, he asked councillors why they needed ‘two security guards at the entrance’ of council chambers, and what were they ‘afraid of?’ – adding it was just like ‘thug city’. He also quipped he ‘now feels better about Byron Shire council’ after seeing Tweed council at work. Backburner noticed one or two observers nodding in agreement.

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Richmond MP Justine Elliot should be breathing a little easier this week now the federal government has ditched independent MP Andrew Wilkie’s poker-machine reform proposal, opting for a trial in the ACT instead. The club and pub industry’s push to sink the legislation with its millions spent in advertising had targeted many Labor MPs, especially those in more marginal seats, and Mrs Elliot was one of those having to cop their volleys, so it’s not surprising she’s backed the trial.

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The Echo applauds the blockad-

ers of the Arrow Energy exploration drill site in the Kerry Valley near Beaudesert of the past few weeks (see the Echonetdaily video this Monday). If they didn’t stop the drilling going ahead, they certainly won the PR war and hearts and minds of many people around Australia concerned about the impacts of coal-seam gas (CSG) mining on agricultural land and the environment generally. The mining company, mindful of the bad press, especially in not seeking development approval as required, removed its drilling gear days earlier than scheduled. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking used to extract the gas has been shown to contaminate water supplies around the world. This week we hear the Bulgarian parliament has followed France in permanently banning the exploration of shale oil and gas in the country using fracking, following widespread public protests there. Last Wednesday, its parliament voted 166–6 for the ban, proposed not by a greenleft coalition but the ruling centre-right coalition. When will our politicians get the balls to ban CSG mining or are they too

scared of the mining lobby and its squillions? Shame on them.

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Cr Dot Holdom says some of her councillor colleagues need ‘education’ on how council locality planning works. On Tuesday Cr Holdom asked colleagues to order a report on ways to clarify the Hastings Point development control plan, following the controversial approval of a socalled ‘McMansion’ on the village’s foreshore several months ago. Ironically the village DCP was developed to prevent mega-homes from springing up along the beachfront but failed to prevent approval of the mansion, which is expected to head a landslide of similar applications for larger-than-normal beachfront housing at Hastings. Crs Warren Polglase, Phil Youngblutt and Kevin Skinner were joined by former ‘saviour’ of the village, Joan van Lieshout, in voting against ordering a report to clarify the village’s design package. Cr van Lieshout, who once supported the DCP, will no doubt lose the votes of village residents at this year’s election for having turned her back on them.

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